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11-27-2010 , 09:30 PM
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Originally Posted by SABR42
This list is completely wrong. The only way it could even possibly make sense is if they sampled from a very small geographical area, as some uncommon names are concentrated in certain areas.

Note that the list I linked has Lin 17th and Cai 34th. Neither is even that common.

EDIT: did a little more research and found out why your list is so far off. In the southern provinces, Chen is the most common name. Lin is extremely common in the southern province of Fujian, but is uncommon in the North. Cai is also common in Fujian but otherwise uncommon. Your lists seems to be based on Fujian only.
without doing a search I would say that Zhang or some variant would be pretty far up the list if not number 1 as most common chinese name...
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11-27-2010 , 09:39 PM
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Originally Posted by Splendour
I misremembered. This article claims: Chen is first, Lin is second, Huang is third and Li is fourth.

http://www.logoi.com/notes/common_chinese_names.html
1. Chen (Chan)
2. Lin
3. Huang (Hwang, Hwong)
4. Li (Lee)
5. Zhang (Chang)
6. Wu (U, O, Oh)
7. Wang (Wong)
8. Cai (Tsai)
9. Liu

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isnt wang and huang the same name...also very surprised to see Lin up there...
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11-28-2010 , 12:02 AM
Why is this still being argued? Splendour's list is completely inaccurate and I already explained why.

The top 3 in terms of % population in China:

Li (7.9%)
Wang (7.4%)
Zhang (7.1%)

Chen is 5th overall, but #1 in the south (Guandong, Fujian, Zhejiang, etc...)
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11-28-2010 , 01:39 AM
shouldn't that go in the "Names Thread" ? pics or..
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05-16-2011 , 04:19 PM
This is some wicked bad thread. Weird to see people who aren't regs anymore... Who is this Joey Diamonds fellow?
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05-17-2011 , 03:19 AM
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Originally Posted by Le Boeuf
This is some wicked bad thread. Weird to see people who aren't regs anymore... Who is this Joey Diamonds fellow?
If I told you, this post would get deleted
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02-08-2012 , 07:20 PM
bump

Hopefully now that we have many new additions to RGT more people will post pics
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