China News Service, August 15. According to the Italian "Xinhua Times" WeChat public account "Italian Overseas Chinese Network", in 2015, according to Italian statistics, the Chinese surname Hu became the surname of the most resident population in Milan.

Recently, the statistics of the surnames and first names of the permanent residents in the first half of 2022 by the Milan city statistics department found that the Chinese surname Hu beat many Italians and other immigrant surnames, ranking first among the permanent residents of Milan with the most registered surnames.

Among the top ten most surnames, there are three Chinese surnames.

  According to reports, the top ten surnames with the most permanent residents in Milan in the first half of 2022 are: Hu (4760), Rossi (4011), Colombo (3358), Mohamed (3353), Ferrari (3190), Chen (2781), Russo (2614), Bianchi (2467), Ahmed (2165), Zhou (2021).

  However, the surname rankings do not really reflect the number of local immigrants.

It is reported that in 2021, the most populous immigrants registered in the registry are Egyptians with 41,131 residents, Filipino immigrants ranked second with 40,271, and Chinese ranked third with 33,231, ranking fourth and fifth. They were Sri Lankans (17,272) and Peruvians (17,179).

  It is reported that 20.2% of the permanent population in Milan, Italy are immigrants or people of foreign origin, and the Chinese are the earliest immigrant community in Milan. Work.

After a hundred years of changes, the overseas Chinese community in Milan is still expanding.

  Apart from that, the most popular boy name for Milanese parents is Leonardo, followed by Tommaso and Edoardo.

Favorite girl names are Sofia, Beatrice and Giulia.