The Most Common Chinese Names
On this website we found a list of the most common Chinese names, with the number of people bearing each. After converting the list into a spreadsheet, we realized there was absolutely no need to reproduce it in full: the people bearing names in its first half already amount to the population of a small European country, while those sharing any one name could populate a small regional capital. Here is the list:
张伟 (male) 290 607
王伟 (male) 281 568
王芳 (female) 268 268
李伟 (male) 260 980
王秀英 (female) 246 737
李秀英 (female) 244 637
李娜 (female) 244 223
张秀英 (female) 236 266
张敏 (female) 233 708
李静 (female) 232 686
张丽 (female) 232 533
王静 (female) 231 914
王丽 (female) 226 724
李强 (male) 223 950
张静 (female) 221 483
李敏 (female) 213 606
王敏 (female) 213 603
王磊 (male) 209 757
李军 (male) 199 772
刘洋 (female) 199 642
王勇 (male) 198 720
张勇 (male) 197 859
王艳 (female) 194 371
李杰 (male) 191 759