Chen's famous historical figures are: Chen Sheng, Chen Baxian, Xuanzang, Chen Duxiu, Chen Yi, Chen Yun and Chen. Chen's surname is one of China's surnames, and it is a typical multi-ethnic and multi-origin surname, which mainly comes from the changes of Gui's and minority surnames. Is the ancestor of Chen.

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.

Migration distribution:

In the pre-Qin period, Chen mainly lived in Henan, Anhui, Hubei and other places. During the Qin and Han Dynasties, Chen had set foot in Hunan, Jiangsu, Shanxi, Shandong and other places.

At the end of the Western Jin Dynasty, the Central Plains was in turmoil, and residents moved south in succession. Anhui, Jiangsu, Zhejiang and Jiangxi are the main areas where Chen moved back.

At the same time, the most popular surnames in the Central Plains, such as Lin, Huang, Chen and Zheng, took the lead in entering Fujian. During the Southern Dynasties, Chen had become one of the four surnames in Fujian, mainly a descendant of Yingchuan School.

Michael Chan's tenth grandson, Chen Baxian, went to Nanjing to establish the Chen Dynasty, known as Chen Wudi in history. During the Southern Dynasties, the State of Chen created many Wang surnamed Chen, and their descendants spread all over the Yangtze River and the Pearl River, which played an extremely important role in the development of the surname Chen in Southeast China.