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Wang is the most common surname in China. How many people in China share it?
102 million
people
101,500,000 exactly, give or take
Around 101 million people in China are surnamed Wang — more people share that one name than live in all of Germany.SOURCEChinese Ministry of Public Security national name report
Scale check: 102 million is roughly about the population of Japan.
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