Qian (surname)
Qian (simplified Chinese: 钱; traditional Chinese: 錢; pinyin: Qián; Wade–Giles: Ch'ian²; Shanghainese: ), also spelt Chin, Chien, Tsien, or rarely Zee is a prominent Chinese family name. The name literally means "money". Today, it is ranked 92nd in terms of population in mainland China. Despite the rarity of this last name among the Chinese population today, there has been a number of notable Qians in Chinese history. As a result, Qian was listed at the second place in the Hundred Family Surnames. At the time that that list was compiled in the Song Dynasty, the Qians were the royal family in the kingdom of Wuyue, and was regarded as second only to the Song Imperial Family.