Surname Overview
Wen (聞) is pronounced wén and is one of the relatively rare Chinese surnames.
Wen Surname
Population reference (not a current census): 204,764Wen / Wen
Origins
Main Origins
The surname Wen is mainly traced to the compound surname Wenren, as well as the surnames Wen, Ji, and Jiang. Some branches of Wenren later simplified the surname to the single surname Wen.
Commanderies and Clan Halls
Commandery and Hall
The associated commandery is Wuxing, and the ancestral hall name is Cha卓 Hall.
Migration and Distribution
During the Song dynasty, the Wen surname was scarce and mainly distributed in Jiangxi. During the Ming dynasty, Zhejiang was its largest provincial concentration, followed by Guangxi, Fujian, Jiangxi, Sichuan, Jiangsu, and Hubei.
Notable People
Historical Figures
Wen Liangfu was a Ming-dynasty native of Deqing, Zhejiang. He served as an investigating censor, vice minister of the Court of Judicial Review, and Guangdong surveillance commissioner, and went on an embassy to Siam in the second year of the Yongle era.
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