The distribution map of Chinese surnames has been released. Let’s see where your roots are.

It is estimated that 87% of China's population has a surname from the Hundred Family Surnames, and more than one-fifth of Chinese people have the surname Li, Wang or Zhang, totaling more than 275 million people.

It is less well known that most Chinese surnames have a geographical "base" within China. Come and see where your roots are?

The top ten most populous surnames in China
1. Wang - 7.94% of the Han population in China = 105,300,000.

2. Li - accounts for 7.41% of the Han population in China = 101,900,000.

3. Zhang - accounts for 7.07% of the Han population in China = 95,800,000.

4. Liu - accounts for 5.38% of the Han population in China = 64,600,000.

5. Chen - 4.53% of the Han population in China = 54,400,000.

6. Yang - 3.08% of the Han population in China = 37,000,000.

7. Zhao - accounts for 2.29% of the Han population in China = 27,500,000.

8. Huang - accounts for 2.23% of the Han population in China = 26,800,000.

9. Zhou - accounts for 2.12% of the Han population in China = 25,400,000.

10. Wu - 2.05% of the Han population in China = 24,600,000.

Top 100 most populous surnames in China

01 Wang 02 Li 03 Zhang 04 Liu 05 Chen 06 Yang 07 Zhao 08 Huang 09 Zhou 10 Wu 11 Xu 12 Sun 13 Hu 14 Zhu 15 Gao 16 Lin 17 He 18 Guo 19 Ma 20 Luo 21 Liang 22 Song 23 Zheng 24 Xie 25 Han 26 Tang 27 Feng 28 Yu 29 Dong 30 Xiao 31 Cheng 32 Cao 33 Yuan 34 Deng 35 Xu 36 Fu 37 Shen 38 Zeng 39 Peng 40 Lv 41 Su 42 Lu 43 Jiang 44 Cai 45 Jia 46 Ding 47 Wei 48 Xue 49 Ye 50 Yan 51 Yu 52 Pan 53 Du 54 Dai 55 Xia 56 Zhong 57 Wang 58 Tian 59 Ren 60 Jiang 61 Fan 62 Fang 63 Shi 64 Yao 65 Tan 66 Liao 67 Zou 68 Xiong 69 Jin 70 Lu 71 Hao 72 Kong 73 Bai 74 Cui 75 Kang 76 Mao 77 Qiu 78 Qin 79 Jiang 80 Shi 81 Gu 82 Hou 83 Shao 84 Meng 85 Long 86 Wan 87 Duan 88 Cao 89 Qian 90 Tang 91 Yin 92 Li 93 Yi 94 Chang 95 Wu 96 Qiao 97 He 98 Lai 99 Gong 100 Wen