According to the data of the Household Administration Research Center of the Ministry of Public Security in June 20 19, Chen was ranked fifth in June 20 18, with a registered population of 63.3 million. According to the results of the sixth national census, the surname Chen accounts for about 4.53% of the Han population in China. In Taiwan Province Province and Guangdong Province, the surname Chen accounts for about 65,438+00% of the population of this province, and is the first surname in this province.
Chen's important figures in history are: Chen Sheng, the leader of the peasant uprising army at the end of Qin Dynasty; Chen Ping, a famous figure in the Western Han Dynasty; Chen Baxian, Emperor of the Southern Dynasties; Chen Tao, a poet in Tang Dynasty; Chen Liang, a Southern Song thinker; Ming Dynasty painter Chen Hongshou; Modern patriotic overseas Chinese leader Chen Jiageng, China people's veteran Chen Yun, Marshal Chen Yi, mathematician Chen Jingrun, historian Chen Yinque, Chen Yuan, etc.
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Among the hundreds of surnames in the Song Dynasty, Chen ranked tenth, fifth and first in Taiwan Province Province after "former Sun Zhao, Li, Zhou, Wu, Zheng and Wang Feng". The population of China is over 70 million, accounting for about 5. 1% of the total population. In the world, Chen is the surname of all China people, Koreans and Vietnamese. According to preliminary statistics, the global population of Chen is about 98 million.
According to the random sampling data of five ten thousandths of the national population provided by the Population Statistics Department of the National Bureau of Statistics 1982 and the book "Population Surnames Distribution in Taiwan Province Province" published by Taiwan Province Province 1970, the ranking of the new hundred surnames is obtained according to the population size. According to incomplete statistics, among the numerous surnames in China, about 4% are Chen. 55% of the Han population.