A complete list of 334 surnames in Hong Kong, China. See where your surname migrated from?

As early as more than 30,000 years ago, our ancestors had lived and multiplied in Hong Kong.

After 2000, locals found ancient human remains in Huangdidong, Sai Kung, and archaeologists later unearthed a large number of chipped stone tools.

Archaeological research shows that this is a cultural relic from the Paleolithic period.

The Hong Kong Special Administrative Region is located east of the Pearl River Estuary, with a land area of more than 1,100 square kilometers and a population of more than 7 million.

Hong Kong is a relatively wealthy place, known as one of the "Four Asian Tigers". Due to its low tariffs, it attracts many mainlanders to go shopping and travel every year.

As early as the Qin Dynasty, after Emperor Qin Shihuang sent a large army to conquer Lingnan, he established the Nanhai County. At that time, Hong Kong belonged to Panyu County.

During the Opium War, Hong Kong was invaded by the British and was under colonial rule for more than 150 years. In 1997, my country restored its sovereignty and established the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region. Today, Hong Kong has 18 districts.

Some local industries have counted some surname users in Hong Kong. The data shows that Chen is the most common surname in Hong Kong, accounting for more than 10% of the population.

Next are Huang and Li. Next are Liang, Zhang, and Lin. Together, these surnames account for more than 35% of the total population.

Immigration from the mainland to Hong Kong has never stopped in history.

From the Tang Dynasty to the Song Dynasty, many Fujian fishermen moved to the mainland. Later, when Hong Kong opened a trading port, many people also moved to the mainland to work and do business.

During the Anti-Japanese War, many people from the Pearl River Delta and all over the country took refuge in Hong Kong.

On the eve of liberation, many Kuomintang government officials and business people also moved to Hong Kong. For example, hundreds of people from Maoming County, Guangdong, immigrated to Hong Kong.

After liberation, some people from the mainland fled to Hong Kong. From the 1950s to the 1980s, many people in Dongguan fled to Hong Kong and later successfully settled there.

After the 1980s, a large number of mainlanders legally immigrated to Hong Kong. By 2023, the population of Hong Kong has reached more than 7.5 million.

There were not many original inhabitants of Hong Kong, most of whom were immigrants. When the British occupied Hong Kong Island in 1841, there were only more than 5,000 people in the territory.

There are also more than one million Hakka people living in Hong Kong, whose ancestors moved here as early as the Song Dynasty. There are many surnames such as Peng, Liao, Wen, and Deng. Most of them moved here from Fujian, Jiangxi, and northeastern Guangdong.

Most of the Hong Kong immigrants come from the Pearl River Delta region of Guangdong, and more than 80% of them have their ancestral home in Guangdong. In addition, there are a small number of people with foreign nationalities in the country.

It is reported that around the 1990s, there were more than 600,000 Hong Kong and Macao compatriots in Dongguan. In 2002, there were more than 800,000 Hong Kong and Macao compatriots in Foshan.

Most of the ancestors of these Hong Kong and Macao compatriots went to Hong Kong to make a living from the late Qing Dynasty to the Republic of China because of the hard life. Some also moved in for business or to seek refuge.

Many Hong Kong compatriots have also emerged as local celebrities. As early as the Xinhai Revolution led by Sun Yat-sen, a large number of people supported the revolution. After the outbreak of the Anti-Japanese War, many people also donated money and materials to support the war.

After liberation, many Hong Kong fellow villagers donated money to establish schools in their hometown to support the development of education in their hometown.

Hong Kong not only has a rich surname immigrant culture, but also has produced many talented people since ancient times. Many people have lived or been born in the country.

There are Jackie Chan, Jin Yong, Sammo Hung, Charles Kao, Stephen Chow, Shing-Tung Yau, Jacky Cheung, Tsui Kei, Priscilla Chan, Janet Kan, Hacken Lee, Ching Wan Tang, Leon Lai, Lap-Chee Tsui, Aaron Kwok, Jao Tsung-I, and Fung Chi-Ming, etc.

There are also many other figures such as Ho Sze-pei, Sammi Cheng, Jiang Min-hui, Wong Yuk-long, Cheung Ka-long, Lam Yan-ni, Lee Lai-shan, Yi Shu, Yung Kuo-tuan, Tony Leung Ka-fai, Lee Bik-wah, and Andy Lau.

Appendix: A complete list of 334 surnames in Hong Kong (in no particular order)