Most common surnames in Taiwan

The 100 surnames with the most bearers in Taiwan

Chen
#1
22.881.144
bearers (top 100)
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This table shows the 100 most common surnames in Taiwan, ranked by number of bearers. Data comes from official censuses and civil registries.

Lin
1.934.427
2
Chen
2.713.174
1
Huang
1.442.991
3
# Surname Bearers Share
1 Chen 2.713.174
11.9%
2 Lin 1.934.427
8.5%
3 Huang 1.442.991
6.3%
4 Zhang 1.228.096
5.4%
5 Li 1.214.579
5.3%
6 Wang 997.700
4.4%
7 Wu 994.323
4.3%
8 Xu 825.967
3.6%
9 Liu 759.805
3.3%
10 Cai 670.695
2.9%
11 Yang 623.983
2.7%
12 Zheng 433.512
1.9%
13 Xie 405.335
1.8%
14 Lu 349.320
1.5%
15 Guo 345.785
1.5%
16 Hong 344.859
1.5%
17 Qiu 341.178
1.5%
18 Ceng 317.017
1.4%
19 Liao 313.123
1.4%
20 Lai 307.874
1.3%
21 Jiang 284.922
1.2%
22 Zhou 281.416
1.2%
23 Ye 271.594
1.2%
24 Su 264.766
1.2%
25 Zhuang 217.521
1%
26 Luo 203.431
0.9%
27 He 200.907
0.9%
28 Xiao 192.236
0.8%
29 Shi 189.379
0.8%
30 Zhong 179.437
0.8%
31 Gao 177.637
0.8%
32 You 168.036
0.7%
33 Pan 159.754
0.7%
34 Zhu 157.157
0.7%
35 Jian 156.487
0.7%
36 Yu 151.900
0.7%
37 Zhan 144.872
0.6%
38 Peng 138.876
0.6%
39 Yan 130.697
0.6%
40 Hu 128.802
0.6%
41 Liang 107.154
0.5%
42 Zhao 105.978
0.5%
43 Ke 100.206
0.4%
44 Wei 99.697
0.4%
45 Weng 92.254
0.4%
46 Sun 87.107
0.4%
47 Fang 82.146
0.4%
48 Dai 81.845
0.4%
49 Fan 79.243
0.3%
50 Tang 78.306
0.3%
51 Song 76.544
0.3%
52 Gu 61.998
0.3%
53 Deng 61.807
0.3%
54 Wen 61.314
0.3%
55 Fu 57.209
0.3%
56 Hou 53.589
0.2%
57 Du 53.322
0.2%
58 Cao 52.137
0.2%
59 Tu 50.251
0.2%
60 Xue 49.723
0.2%
61 Ding 47.671
0.2%
62 Cheng 47.094
0.2%
63 Ji 46.349
0.2%
64 Lan 44.913
0.2%
65 Ma 44.301
0.2%
66 Zhuo 43.880
0.2%
67 Dong 42.994
0.2%
68 Lian 42.639
0.2%
69 Feng 40.668
0.2%
70 Yao 40.522
0.2%
71 Ou 37.765
0.2%
72 Kang 35.742
0.2%
73 Tian 34.737
0.2%
74 Bai 34.134
0.1%
75 Zou 31.851
0.1%
76 Gong 27.098
0.1%
77 Ruan 25.945
0.1%
78 Yuan 24.057
0.1%
79 Chang 22.803
0.1%
80 Han 22.580
0.1%
81 Guan 21.529
0.1%
82 Jin 21.177
0.1%
83 Tong 20.020
0.1%
84 Yin 17.356
0.1%
85 Xia 16.749
0.1%
86 Tan 16.451
0.1%
87 Shao 15.907
0.1%
88 Qian 15.049
0.1%
89 Ni 14.317
0.1%
90 Lee 13.664
0.1%
91 Mao 13.178
0.1%
92 Gan 12.360
0.1%
93 Ren 12.125
0.1%
94 Xiong 12.095
0.1%
95 Wan 11.725
0.1%
96 Qin 11.721
0.1%
97 Chu 11.482
0.1%
98 Hsu 11.173
0%
99 Lei 10.107
0%
100 Rao 9.816
0%
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FAQs

What are the most common surnames in Taiwan?
According to our official census data, the most common surname in Taiwan is Chen, with 2.713.174. registered bearers. This table shows the 100 most frequent surnames in the country.
How many different surnames are registered in Taiwan?
Our database contains hundreds of surnames with a presence in Taiwan. This table shows the 100 most frequent.
How often is this data updated?
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