My last name is Lai. I want to know why this name doesn't exist in hundreds of surnames.

There are only 504 surnames among the people, including 444 single surnames and 60 compound surnames.

In Ming Dynasty, there were 3625 single surnames and compound surnames compiled by Chen Shiyuan.

From 65438 to 0978, the relevant departments investigated the use of surnames in China in seven major cities through the household registration and post and telecommunications departments, and obtained a total of 2,587 surnames. Including Beijing 2250, Shanghai 1640, Shenyang 1270, Wuhan 1574, Chongqing 1245, Chengdu 163 1, and Guangzhou1.

1984, The Collection of Surnames in China (edited by Yan Fuqing) published by People's Posts and Telecommunications Publishing House * * * collected 5730 single surnames and compound surnames. However, Taiwan Province scholar Wang Sucun's House of Surnames in China has collected as many as 7,720 ancient and modern China surnames. But this is not the exact number.

According to the Dictionary of Surnames in China (edited by Yuan Yida and Du Ruofu) published by Beijing Education Science Publishing House 1996, there are1969 surnames recorded in Chinese in ancient and modern China, including 5327 single-character surnames, 4329 double-character surnames and1969 three-character surnames. This is the latest statistics on the number of surnames in China so far.

It is normal that many minority surnames are not included.

Distribution of Laixing Place Names

& ltP> The ancestors of Lai in Xiaoshan originated in Yanling, Henan Province (Yanling was the hometown of Zheng Boke in the Spring and Autumn Period). According to Xiaoshan Lai family tree, Henan Lai V is as follows:

& ltP> The first life: a big family, the word, was born in Huai 'anli, Xianping Township, Yanling County, Kaifeng Prefecture in the Song Dynasty, and was named after Li. & lt/P & gt；

& ltP> Second: Shao Lai, with a high reputation, was appointed as an imperial envoy in the temple by Zhe Zongchao, and was sent to Yingzhou, where he was named Lai with Gao's son. & lt/P & gt；

& ltP> Third World: When he came, the word was Chinese. At the beginning of Shaoxing, recommended by Li Guang, General Yuanzhou was awarded the judge and advised to plow the fields. Because of what Li Guang and Qin Gui discussed, things didn't agree. Qin Gui scoffed at He Zhu's illegal relegation to Qiongzhou, and he was also demoted. He matched Shi Qian and Zi Yi, and his name was Liang Shu. He died at the age of 54. & lt/P & gt；

& ltP> Fourth generation: Uncle Lai Liang, named Guo Cai, was suppressed by Qin Gui and lived in seclusion. His first son, Wang, died at 58. & lt/P & gt；

& ltP> The fifth generation: When I came to Shao Ting, the word followed the first, that is, I moved to Xiaoshan as my ancestor. & lt/P & gt；

The branch of<P> that came to Shao Ting is probably the relocated households during the Song Dynasty's southward crossing. When my grandfather came, Song Gaozong was an official in Yuanzhou, Jiangxi Province in the early years of Shaoxing. Shaoxing was born in Yuanzhou in the 20th year (1 150) and served as the magistrate of Shaoxing in the 6th year (120 1). When he crossed the river from Hangzhou to Xiaoxing in Xiaoshan, he fell ill and failed to take up his post. At that time, some ethnic groups may have settled in Shaoxing first, so the newly compiled Xiaoshan County Records once recorded in the chapter "Surnames" and the section "The Origin of Some Most Surnames":