And the winner is...Wang at 107 million! At one time the Chinese characters for the name meant "king or monarch" but with so many people now using the name it has pretty much lost that connotation. Next up at 24.6 million is Nguyen which is the last name the Chinese gave to the Vietnamese because they didn't use surnames when the Chinese conquered the area 2,100 years ago. Kim comes in 3rd at 18.8 million, the Korean peninsula was ruled for 5 centuries by a hereditary monarchy who went by the name Kim which means gold. Speaking of gold the 4th place slot goes to Smith with 4.5 million using that name it comes from the various smiths in medieval times, including goldsmiths which at the time was a skilled and respected profession.
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