Chinese surnames

岑

cén · Cen

Order in the Hundred Family Surnames
No. 67
Ancestral seat (junwang)
南阳
Wikidata
Q6812691

In other languages

  • German Cen
  • English Cen
  • Spanish Cen
  • French Cen
  • Korean 천
  • Russian Цэнь (фамилия)
  • Vietnamese Sầm

Notable historical bearers

Deceased people recorded in Wikidata with this family name, ordered by how many Wikipedias cover them.

  • Cen Shen715 – 770

    poet

  • Cen Hun? – 280

    Eastern Wu official (died 280)

  • Cen Chunxuan1861 – 1933

    Chinese politician

  • Cen Wenben595 – 645

    chancellor during the reign of Emperor Taizong of Tang

  • Wa Shi1496 – 1555

    Zhuang warrior, general and politician

  • Cen Deguang1897 – 1972
  • Cen Peng? – 35

    Eastern Han dynasty general

  • Cen Yidong? – 1789

    native chief of Tianzhou

  • Cen Changqian? – 691

    Chinese general

  • Cen Xi650 – 713

    chancellor during the reigns of Emperor Shang, Emperor Ruizong, and Emperor Xuanzong.

  • Cen Qixiang1903 – 1989

    中国语言学家(1903—1989)

  • Cen Fan1926 – 2008

    Chinese actor and director (1926-2008)

  • Cen Yuying1829 – 1889

    Qing dynasty official (1829-1889)

Find printed genealogies

The Shanghai Library holds one of the largest collections of Chinese family genealogies (jiapu). Its genealogy platform lists each genealogy's title, ancestral place, founding ancestor, hall name and holding library. Search there by surname and your family's ancestral place.

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Sources: the Hundred Family Surnames (public domain) with ancestral seats from the chinese-poetry dataset (MIT); spellings and people from Wikidata (CC0).