The Origin and History of the Zhou Surname
The surname Zhou ranks fifth in the "Hundred Family Surnames" and is the ninth largest surname in China.It is an ancient surname with many ethnic groups and origins.In today"s society, the total population of Zhou surname is about 25.2 million, accounting for about 1.9% of the country"s total population.It is mainly distributed in the Yangtze River and Huaihe River Basin, forming a high distribution situation along the Yangtze River provinces and Henan and Shandong provinces.
Origin of Zhou"s surname
From the ancient state of Zhou
During the long time of the Yellow Emperor, there was a general named Zhou Chang under the Yellow Emperor , In the Zhou Dynasty, there was also a Taishi called Zhou Ren.Their descendants have always used Zhou as their surname.It can be said that the Zhou surname is one of the oldest surnames in China.
From the surname Ji
In history, there was a dynasty called Zhou Dynasty that lasted for 800 years.Its founder was surnamed Ji.With the continuous rule and the continuous reproduction of the surname Ji, some of their descendants took the country name as their surname and changed their surname to Zhou.In the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period, after the Qin state ruled the world, some descendants of the clan of the Zhou Dynasty also changed their surnames to Zhou in order to avoid disasters.
Avoid changing surnames
During the Tang Dynasty, Tang Xuanzong"s name was Li Longji.
Derived from other surnames
After the death of a man named Chengyou of the Five Dynasties of the Later Liang, he was given the Zhou surname by Zhu Wen, Taizu of Liang.
At the end of the Yuan Dynasty, the population surnamed Su in Quanzhou, Fujian changed their surname to Zhou, and then moved to Hsinchu, Taiwan.
In the early years of the Qing Dynasty, Prince Ji, the king of Changsha in the Ming Dynasty, fled to the Zhou family in Ningxiang after the fall of the Ming Dynasty.
Originated from ethnic minorities
During the Southern and Northern Dynasties, the second elder brother of Emperor Xian of the Northern Wei Dynasty, originally surnamed Pu, and later changed his surname to Zhou.
During the first year of the Tang Dynasty, ethnic minorities who had the three-character surname "Jizuoshi" were changed to Zhou"s.
The compound surname "He Lu" in Daibei (now northeastern Shanxi Province) was changed to Zhou.
Population distribution of Zhou surname
Nowadays, the population of Zhou surname is mainly distributed in Hunan, Jiangsu, Sichuan and Fujian provinces, accounting for about 26.7% of the total population of Zhou surname; In Hubei, Henan, Zhejiang, Anhui, Shandong, Guangdong, Jiangxi, Shanghai eight provinces and cities, accounting for 38% of the total population surnamed Zhou.The largest province with the surname Zhou is Hunan Province, accounting for 9.5% of the total population of the surname Zhou.
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