"Zhang Wei" the most popular name

"Zhang Wei" the most popular name
(Source: CRIENGLISH.com)
July 26 - There are 290,607 people called Zhang Wei in China, making it the most popular name in the world's most populous country, a report said.
The Shanghai-based Xinmin website quoted the statistics from a weblog which claims it has expertise in researching Chinese family names.
The Shen Feng Wan, or www.id5.cn, blog listed China's 50 most popular names, saying its conclusion has been based on statistics from the National Citizen Identity Information Centre of the Ministry of Public Security.
Wang Wei ranked the second most popular name in China, shared by 281,568 people.
The Xinmin report said it had confirmed the validity of the data with the centre.
In 2006, the Chinese Academy of Sciences conducted a similar research, which found that Wang Tao was the most popular name. It was shared by around 100,000 people.