Lin ranked 147 among the hundred surnames in the Song Dynasty. In 20 16, the population of Lin surname was about14160,000, and the forest rank was16; Forest ranks fourth in southern China, and the total forest population in Fujian Province is about 4.72 million, accounting for 14.8% of the total population in the province, ranking first; The Lin family in Guangdong Province is about 3 1 1 10,000, and that in Zhejiang Province is about 1.84 million; There are about 2 million forests in Taiwan Province Province, 6.5438+0.8 million in South Korea, 5 million in other regions and 20 million in the world. Fuzhou, Putian, southern Fujian, eastern Guangdong and Taiwan Province provinces have the highest population density.
In the Song Dynasty, there were about 760,000 people surnamed Lin, accounting for 0.98% of the national population, ranking 19. Fujian is the largest province with 1 Lin surname, accounting for 58% of the total population of Lin surname in China and 9% of the total population of Fujian. The distribution in China is mainly concentrated in Fujian, Zhejiang and Guangdong provinces, among which Lin accounts for 85% of the total population. Secondly, it is distributed in Henan, Jiangsu and Jiangxi, and the Lin surname in these three provinces is concentrated by 9%. The Lin surname gathering area with Fujian as the center has been formed.
Surname fame:
China Personal Names Dictionary contains 289 celebrities with Lin surname, accounting for 0.64% of the total number of celebrities, ranking 28th among celebrity surnames. Lin's famous litterateurs account for 0.85% of all litterateurs in China, ranking 23rd. Lin's famous doctors account for 0.62% of the total number of doctors in China, ranking 34th.