I am shocked!
According to the "Encyclopedia of Chinese Surnames" (compiled by Yuan Yida and Du Ruofu), published by Beijing Educational Science Publishing House in 1996, there are a total of 11,969 surnames recorded in Chinese characters by various ethnic groups in China throughout history. Among them, there are 5,327 single-character surnames, 4,329 double-character surnames, 1,615 triple-character surnames, 569 four-character surnames, 96 five-character surnames, 22 six-character surnames, 7 seven-character surnames, 3 eight-character surnames, and 1 nine-character surname. In addition, there are 3,136 surnames with different transliterations or variant characters.\ Truly, this is ancient China.
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