The origin and history of the surname Zang

The origin and history of the surname Zang are as follows:

The surname Zang is derived from the surname Ji. It was the son of Lu Hui Gong in the Spring and Autumn Period named Xin, with the courtesy name Zang. His descendants took the surname as their own. The surname is also called Zang. Zang is a typical Han surname, ranking 241st on the current surname list, with a population of about 381,000, accounting for about 0.024 of the country's total population.

The surname Zang

The surname Zang (Zāng) has a small population in China. Ranked by population, the surname Zang ranks 215th (the Song version of "One Hundred Family Surnames" ranks 112th ), accounting for about 0.03 of the Han population. Mainly in provinces and cities such as Shandong, Jiangsu, Hebei and Heilongjiang respectively. Representative figures include Zang Zhongli, Zang Kejia, etc.

Zang is a typical Han surname, ranking 241st on the current surname list, with a population of about 381,000, accounting for about 0.024 of the country's total population. The Zang family received titles and fiefdoms by virtue of their status as a duke of the Lu State, and gradually became the head of a prominent family in the Lu State. Later, they became the longest-serving family in the Lu State in the Spring and Autumn Period. Later, Zhaobo went to Qi because of his involvement in the power struggle in the state of Lu.

From then on, the Zang family lived in various places, and began to live scattered across the land of Qilu. And gradually formed large settlements in Juxian County, Shandong Province, Tancheng, Shandong Province, Lianshui, Jiangsu Province and other places. From the beginning of Xi Bo to the fall of the Lu Kingdom, it lasted more than 500 years. The Zang family also spread to around the fifteenth century. The Zang family dispersed in Qilu and gradually formed large settlements. From the Qin to the Western Han Dynasty, they gradually spread to Hebei and Henan. , Shanxi, Shaanxi, Gansu and other northern provinces.