Tuesday, April 24, 2007

China's Most Popular Surname is Wang

    A new study has debunked the notion that Li (李) is China's most popular surname.

    A 2006 survey of 296 million people in 1,100 counties and cities by the Chinese Academy of Sciences found that Li led the ranks of family names with about 7.4 per cent of the population.

    However, state media reports a recent analysis of household registration data covering nearly all of China's population revealed that Wang [which literally could be translated as King] is, in fact, the most common name in the country.

    It says data shows almost 93 million mainland Chinese are called Wang, or about 7.25 per cent of the total population.

    Link via Uniquedaily

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