Most Widespread Chinese Surnames

According to a study published in 2006 the top 10 Chinese surnames are (in the order):

1) Lǐ (李)

2) Wáng (王)

3) Zhāng (张) 

 

4) Liú (刘)

5) Chén (陈)

6) Yáng (杨)

7) Huáng (黄)

8) Zhào (赵)

9) Zhōu (周)

10) Wú (吴)

My surname Tao 陶  - while it held position # 98 in 1990, dropped out of top-100 in 2006 :-(