one

Chen/Chan

The population of Chen in Chaoshan is more than10%, even more than 20% in Chenghai, and more than10% in Zhanjiang. The proportion in Guangdong should be more than 8.5%, close to 9% (considering that the proportion in Guangzhou, northern Guangdong, Hakka and many other areas is only about 7% or even lower).

two

Lee

Li is the first surname in Maoming, accounting for10% (for example, Dianbai and Huazhou, but the former Maonan district is not as good as Chen's surname), and it is also the first surname in Heshan, Huaiji, Meixian and Wuhua, with an overall proportion of only 6% in Chaoshan area and about 7.5% in the whole province.

three

Huang

Huang is the third surname in many places, but it has a very high proportion in Taishan, which should be between 6% and 7% in the whole province.

four

zhang

Zhang's surname is generally not high in Cantonese, only 2%-5% (for example, it is only 2%-3% in Zhongshan, which is relatively high in Gaozhou, and it is said that it is the top two surnames in Kaiping), while in Chaoshan, Zhang's surname is 4%-5%, which is one of the five surnames in Hakka areas in northern and northeastern Guangdong (Chen Li Zhang Liu Huang) and in Tai Po.

five

Liang surname

Liang surname is the top four surnames in pure Cantonese (Chen Li Liang Huang), especially in Zhaoqing and Yunfu (we should pay attention to this is the birthplace of Cantonese), and it is the first surname in at least two counties, and several counties are the second or third, with the proportion exceeding 6% and even reaching10% in some counties! In addition, in Shunde, Zhongshan, Xinhui and Gaoyao, Liang's surname is the most common surname, exceeding10%, and in Maoming, which belongs to Cantonese, it is generally between 4% and 6%. Even in Leizhou dialect area, Liang's surname in Zhanjiang is the most common surname, but because the proportion of Liang's surname in Chaoshan and Hakka areas is low (generally only1%), the proportion in the whole province can only be.

six

Lin surname

Lin and Liang are just the opposite, with more in the east and fewer in the middle. Lin ranks second in Chaoshan area, reaching about 8%, which is relatively less in other places, generally less than 3% (more than 5% in Xinhui and individual counties). As far as the whole province is concerned, the total population is similar to Liang's, but slightly less.

seven

the last name of Liu

Liu is one of the five most popular surnames in Hakka areas, with a large number of people in Xingning and Nanxiong, exceeding 6%. It is out of the top five in Cantonese-speaking areas of Guangzhou, but it immediately became the second most popular surname in Zengcheng, where there are many Hakkas (Chen is the most in the local area). In addition, it has a good performance in some Cantonese-speaking areas, such as Gaozhou. However, due to the low proportion in the Pearl River Delta, Cantonese-speaking areas and Chaoshan areas, the population ratio of the whole province should be close to 4% but not as high as that of Lianglin.

eight

Wu

Wu is the most popular surname in the south, accounting for more than 3% in Cantonese, Hakka, Chaoshan and other places, and even ranked in the top three in Zhongshan. However, because there are not many "super warehouses" with more than 4%, the number is not as high as that of Liu. This is the ranking of the fourth to eighth surnames.

nine

Yang,

Yang's surname generally exceeds 1.5% in all parts of the province, but it exceeds 2% to 3% in Chaoshan and Hakka, and it is even higher in Dianbai (the third surname with 6%) and Wengyuan, which should exceed 2% on the whole.

ten

Luo surname

Luo's surname generally exceeds 1.5% or even 3% in Cantonese and Hakka areas (more in some areas), but it is difficult to exceed 2.

Percentage of population.