The migration of the Meng surname

The Meng family name is a multi-ethnic and multi-origin surname. It ranks 73rd on the current surname list and belongs to the family of major surnames. The population is about 4.061 million, accounting for 10% of the country's total population. About 0.25% of the total population.

Pre-Qin period. The Meng surname was initially active in the area where Henan, Shandong and Hebei met. From the Han Dynasty to the Tang Dynasty, the Meng surname had been distributed in North China, the Central Plains, Northwest China, Jiangsu, Zhejiang, and Sichuan and Hubei, but the main activity areas were still in Hebei and Shandong. After the Tang Dynasty, due to the entry of foreigners from the north into the Central Plains and frequent regime changes, several large-scale migration movements southward took place. The Meng surname also spread rapidly in the areas south of the Yangtze River.

During the Song Dynasty, there were approximately 320,000 people with the surname Meng, accounting for approximately 0.42% of the country’s population, ranking 55th. The largest province with Meng surname is Hebei, accounting for about 30% of the total population of Meng surname in the country. People with the surname Meng are mainly distributed in Hebei, Shandong, and Sichuan across the country. These three provinces account for 54% of the total population with the surname Meng. Secondly, it is distributed in Hubei, Jiangxi, Anhui and Henan provinces. There are two places where Meng surnames gather in Jilu and Sichuan Hubei.

During the Ming Dynasty, there were approximately 200,000 people with the surname Meng, accounting for approximately 0.22% of the country’s population. It was the 89th surname in the Ming Dynasty. During the Song, Yuan and Ming Dynasties, the net population growth rate was 20%, and the population growth rate of Meng was negative. In the face of wars and massacres, the first group of victims should be those mainly in the north. The surname Meng is a surname in the north, so naturally they have been severely affected. The distribution of Meng surname in the country is mainly concentrated in Shandong, Shanxi and Hebei. These three provinces account for about 58.7% of the total population of Meng surname. Secondly, it is distributed in Zhejiang and Shaanxi provinces. In the past, Shandong was the province with the largest population of Meng surnames, accounting for about 32% of the total population of Meng surnames. During the Song, Yuan and Ming Dynasties for more than 600 years, the Meng surname mainly migrated to the south, east, and west of the Yangtze River. Lu, Hebei, and Jin were the gathering areas of the Meng surname.