Number
|
People
|
Subgroups
|
Main Area
|
Population
|
1 |
Sichuanese people |
|
Sichuan, Chongqing |
140,000,000
|
2 |
Shandong people |
|
Shandong, Liaodong |
120,000,000
|
3 |
Jilu people |
|
Tianjin, Southern Hebei, Shandong |
95,000,000
|
4 |
Northeastern people |
|
Liaoning, Jilin, Heilongjiang |
90,000,000
|
5 |
Wu people |
Shanghainese people, Ningbonese people, Wenzhou people |
Zhejiang, Jiangsu, Shanghai, Anhui, Jiangxi, Fujian |
90,000,000
|
6 |
Jianghuai people |
Subei people |
Jiangsu Province, Anhui Province |
85,000,000
|
7 |
Cantonese people |
Taishanese people, Hongkongers, Macau people, Macanese people |
Guangdong, Guangxi, Hainan, Hong Kong, Macau |
66,000,000
|
8 |
Min people |
Fuzhou people, Hainan people, Hoklo people, Putian people, Teochew people |
Fujian, Taiwan, Hainan, Southern Zhejiang, Guangdong |
65,000,000
|
8 |
Hubei people |
|
Hubei |
65,000,000
|
10 |
Jin people |
|
Shanxi |
63,000,000
|
11 |
Youyan people |
|
Beijing, Northern Hebei |
55,000,000
|
12 |
Hakka people |
Ngái people |
Guangdong, Fujian, Jiangxi, Guangxi, Sichuan, Hunan |
47,000,000
|
13 |
Hunanese people |
|
Hunan, Northeastern Guangxi |
38,000,000
|
14 |
Taiwanese people |
Hoklo Taiwanese, Hakka Taiwanese [zh], Hoklokheh [zh], Waishengren, Formosan people |
Taiwan |
23,000,000
|
15 |
Gan people |
|
Jiangxi, Eastern Hunan |
22,000,000
|
16 |
Tanka people |
Fuzhou Tanka |
Guangdong, Guangxi, Fujian, Hainan |
5,000,000
|
17 |
Huizhou people |
|
Huizhou |
4,600,000
|
18 |
Chuanqing people |
|
Guizhou |
700,000
|
19 |
Gaoshan people |
|
Yunnan, Guizhou |
400,000
|
20 |
Waxiang people |
|
Hunan |
400,000
|
21 |
Tunbao people |
|
Guizhou, Anshun |
300,000
|
22 |
Hui'an people |
|
Quanzhou, Fujian, China |
50,000
|
Total |
Han Chinese subgroups |
|
China |
1,380,000,000
|