A probe into the origin of Meng surname

One of the most important sources of Meng's surname is the dental order system of Shang Dynasty. The eldest son of concubines is called Meng, the son of succession is called Meng, and the eldest brother with female surname can also be called Meng. Later, it gradually evolved into a title for people who were second to the first, and a few of their descendants gradually took Meng as their surname, eventually forming a part of Meng's family.

2. From Ji's surname

In the Spring and Autumn Period, Wang was one of the important sources of Meng family. Guo Wei's founding king was Wei Kangshu, who was the younger brother of Zhou Wuwang Ji Fa. After twenty-eight generations, Guo Wei was originally succeeded by Zizhen, but he was unable to succeed due to illness and was given to his uncle. Finally, Ji Qu, the descendant of Gong Sunzi, began to take Zizhen as his surname to commemorate his ancestors and sons.

3, from Gongsun ao

Gongsun 'ao was the son of Qing Fu, a noble of Lu in the Spring and Autumn Period. At that time, his father Qingfu killed two monarchs for three years in a row, which finally made China's succession chaotic. In order to avoid trouble, his son, Gong Sun 'ao, finally changed his surname, which later evolved into Meng's. Mencius is one of his descendants. Most of the Mongols in Shandong thought they were ancestors.

4. Ethnic minorities change their surnames.

Meng's surname and Zhao's surname are consistent in origin and origin, and some ethnic minorities have changed their surnames, such as Mongolian Muerqite, Muerqite and Yi, all of which were changed to Meng's surname in the process of later sinicization. Now the Manchu surname, Mongolian Jishi surname and Maokele surname were all changed to Meng surname in Qing Dynasty.

The distribution of Meng surname

The distribution in China is mainly concentrated in Shandong, Henan and Hebei, and the Meng surname in these three provinces accounts for about 46% of the total population of Meng surname. Secondly, it is distributed in Anhui, Jiangsu, Liaoning, Shanxi and Heilongjiang, and Jiangsu, Liaoning, Shanxi and Heilongjiang provinces have concentrated 28% of the population of Bangladesh. Shandong is the largest province with Meng surname, accounting for about 2 1% of the total population of Meng surname.

The whole country has formed two Meng's gathering areas centered on Hebei and Northeast Lu Yu. During the 600 years since the Ming Dynasty, the degree and direction of population movement in Bangladesh mainly moved back from southeast to Central Plains and North China, especially to Northeast China.