Most common surname in Wuxia

[LuNaR]

can u list the most common surname in wuxia

i think it is yang b/c

yang guo
yang hong
yang siu
the former leader of ming sect was yang something

and a lot more yang that i cant think of rite now

so wat do u think is the most common surname?

[PJ]

The Yang in Yang Dingtian is different than the Yang in the other names.

Zhang seems to be another popular one

Zhang San
Zhang Sanfeng/Zhang Junbao
Zhang Cuishan
(isn't there another Wudang Hero surnamed Zhang?)
Zhang Wuji

[mawguy]

there's also Zhang Danfeng from the little known Liang Yusheng.

[junzi]

Zhang Cuishan
(isn't there another Wudang Hero surnamed Zhang?)

I think he was Zhang Songxi.

[babiadorkable]

what about murong?

[Tazzy1972]

how abt the least popular surname?

[Yeung Gor]

Most common name has to be "Feng" . I lost count how many characters actually has the word "Feng" in their names.

[HuangYushi]

With reference to these posts:
1. http://www.spcnet.tv/forums/showpost...40&postcount=2
2. http://www.spcnet.tv/forums/showpost...4&postcount=12

... the current state of the surname compilation/annotation project by Wuxiapedia for Jin Yong novels has yielded the following top four:

Li 李
Used by 8 unrelated families in 8 JY novels, and counting...

Zhou 周
Used by 8 unrelated families in 6 JY novels, and counting...

Zhang 张
Used by 8 unrelated families in 4 JY novels, and counting...

Yang 杨
Used by 7 unrelated families in 9 JY novels, and counting...

Since the project is not finished yet, the final results might differ from the above.