Most common surnames in Hong Kong

The 100 surnames with the most bearers in Hong Kong

Chan
#1
6.333.814
bearers (top 100)
100
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This table shows the 100 most common surnames in Hong Kong, ranked by number of bearers. Data comes from official censuses and civil registries.

Leung
322.785
2
Chan
716.396
1
Cheung
283.639
3
# Surname Bearers Share
1 Chan 716.396
11.3%
2 Leung 322.785
5.1%
3 Cheung 283.639
4.5%
4 Lau 253.649
4%
5 Li 225.968
3.6%
6 Cheng 179.155
2.8%
7 Lai 153.654
2.4%
8 Yeung 146.856
2.3%
9 Tang 141.129
2.2%
10 Chow 131.390
2.1%
11 Fung 121.782
1.9%
12 Tsang 119.616
1.9%
13 Kwok 113.853
1.8%
14 Yu 109.686
1.7%
15 Chu 95.757
1.5%
16 Tse 95.590
1.5%
17 Yip 94.066
1.5%
18 Law 91.721
1.4%
19 Liu 90.768
1.4%
20 Wong 87.101
1.4%
21 Hui 86.756
1.4%
22 Mak 81.482
1.3%
23 Yuen 80.327
1.3%
24 Wu 80.125
1.3%
25 Chiu 78.636
1.2%
26 Choi 78.160
1.2%
27 So 77.982
1.2%
28 Au 76.279
1.2%
29 Poon 73.327
1.2%
30 Kwan 70.386
1.1%
31 Ma 63.754
1%
32 Chen 61.326
1%
33 Wang 61.290
1%
34 Wan 61.147
1%
35 Lui 59.540
0.9%
36 Tong 59.242
0.9%
37 Siu 58.945
0.9%
38 Man 55.456
0.9%
39 Ip 53.909
0.9%
40 Tsui 53.135
0.8%
41 Pang 52.647
0.8%
42 Zhang 44.551
0.7%
43 Mok 43.610
0.7%
44 Kong 43.134
0.7%
45 Lam 42.860
0.7%
46 Ko 42.265
0.7%
47 Kwong 40.908
0.6%
48 Luk 38.562
0.6%
49 Ng 38.205
0.6%
50 Yiu 38.062
0.6%
51 Chong 35.622
0.6%
52 Lin 33.812
0.5%
53 Ho 33.538
0.5%
54 Yung 33.395
0.5%
55 Yan 33.086
0.5%
56 Chui 31.228
0.5%
57 Fan 30.169
0.5%
58 Yang 29.300
0.5%
59 Chang 27.264
0.4%
60 Choy 26.121
0.4%
61 Huang 26.097
0.4%
62 Sin 25.216
0.4%
63 Tai 24.978
0.4%
64 Sze 24.895
0.4%
65 Kan 24.692
0.4%
66 Shum 24.680
0.4%
67 Fu 24.156
0.4%
68 Yim 23.406
0.4%
69 Sun 23.228
0.4%
70 Ling 22.656
0.4%
71 Tan 21.823
0.3%
72 Ngai 20.751
0.3%
73 Fok 19.049
0.3%
74 Xu 17.942
0.3%
75 Hong 17.299
0.3%
76 Lee 16.784
0.3%
77 Lu 16.680
0.3%
78 Suen 16.537
0.3%
79 Tam 15.668
0.2%
80 Chung 15.596
0.2%
81 Zhou 14.430
0.2%
82 Pun 13.572
0.2%
83 Yin 13.049
0.2%
84 Zhao 12.668
0.2%
85 Zhu 12.549
0.2%
86 Hu 12.227
0.2%
87 Szeto 12.191
0.2%
88 Cheuk 12.072
0.2%
89 Tsoi 11.453
0.2%
90 Cho 11.406
0.2%
91 Yue 11.132
0.2%
92 Keung 10.846
0.2%
93 Liang 10.203
0.2%
94 He 10.144
0.2%
95 Lung 10.132
0.2%
96 Mo 10.108
0.2%
97 Kim 10.060
0.2%
98 Shiu 9.846
0.2%
99 Zheng 9.810
0.2%
100 Kung 9.679
0.2%
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FAQs

What are the most common surnames in Hong Kong?
According to our official census data, the most common surname in Hong Kong is Chan, with 716.396. registered bearers. This table shows the 100 most frequent surnames in the country.
How many different surnames are registered in Hong Kong?
Our database contains hundreds of surnames with a presence in Hong Kong. This table shows the 100 most frequent.
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