When Chinese people give their names, the last name is always said before the first name. The "surname", "clan name", "family name", "last name" of a Chinese person - the name they say first when they introduce themselves - is almost always one character in length. Of the thousands of Chinese surnames, only about two dozen are two characters long, and these names are very uncommon. Certain Chinese names are more common than others in China and their concentration is significantly greater.
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