Shandong is one of the provinces with the largest household registration population in China, and the permanent population has exceeded the mark of 100 million people. Among the hundreds of millions of Shandong people, there are 10 surnames: Wang, Zhang, Li, Liu, Sun, Zhao, Yang, Chen, Xu, Ma. Today, let's understand the origin and distribution of the surname Wang, the largest surname in Shandong.
Regarding the origin of the Wang surname, it is mainly derived from the Ji surname, and partly from the sub-surname, the concubine surname and the ethnic minority surname. The surname Wang was Ji Jin during the Eastern Zhou Dynasty as the ancestor of the Wang surname.
In the pre-Qin period, the surname Wang was mainly active in North China, and its development was very rapid.
The Wang surname has eight great ancestors, six great ancestral lands, and four major tribes. The Eight Great Ancestors refer to the founding ancestors of the Wang surname: Ji Jin, the ancestor of the Kaizong Sect, Wang Qi, the ancestor of the Yan Sect, Wang Yuan, the ancestor of the Original Ancestor of Langya, Wang Wei, the ancestor of The Primitive Ancestor of Kaimin, Wang Chao, Wang Zhenyi, Wang Zhenzhi, and the First Ancestor of the Three Huai Dynasty; the Six Ancestral Lands refer to the origin of the Wang surname: Luoyang, Pinyang, Langya, Taiyuan, Gwangju, Xincheng; the six major tribes are: Taiyuan Wangshi, Langya Wangshi, Sanhuai Wangshi and Kaimin Wangshi.
During the Song Dynasty, Shandong became the largest province with the surname Wang.
Many of the Wang surnames in Shandong were moved from Shanxi during the Ming Hongwu period, also known as the Eastern Branch Sanhuai Wang clan.
The main distribution areas of the contemporary Wang surname are: Shandong, Henan, Hebei provinces and Sichuan, Anhui, Jiangsu, Liaoning, Heilongjiang, Shanxi, Hubei, Shaanxi, Zhejiang, Gansu ten provinces, Shandong is still the largest province of Wang surname.
There are 21 counties with the surname Wang, common ones are: Taiyuan County, Langya County, Donghai County, Jingzhao County, Beihai County, Changsha County, Henan County, Chenliu County, etc.
There are as many as 90 hall numbers with the surname Wang, of which Taiyuan Hall is the main hall number, and the other common hall numbers are: Sanhuai Hall, Huainan Hall, Liuhe Hall, Yubing Hall, Sanbai Hall, Daben Hall, Xiaoyou Hall, etc.
There are more than 10 million people with the surname Wang in Shandong Province, mainly distributed in Linyi, Heze, Liaocheng, Dezhou, Dongying, Binzhou, Jinan, Zibo and other cities, basically ranking first in these cities.
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