Wang Xing is the largest surname in China (according to the data published by the Public Security Administration of the Ministry of Public Security), one of the three largest surnames in the world, and the oldest surname in China, ranking eighth among hundreds of surnames. Besides China, there are many Wang Xingren in North Korea. In Guangdong, "Wang" and "Huang" have the same pronunciation in Cantonese, so they are usually called "the king of three strokes" because of their two surnames.

1977 China historian Li Dongming pointed out in a paper on surnames published in Oriental Magazine that Wang Xing is one of the top ten surnames of Chinese people in the world.

Xinhuanet Beijing, April 24th A recent statistical analysis of the registered population in China by the Public Security Administration of the Ministry of Public Security shows that Wang Xing is the largest surname in China, with 9,288,438+100000 people, accounting for 7.25% of the total population.