Where is the surname "Tan"?

4. Migration and distribution: Tan is an ancient, multi-ethnic and multi-origin surname group, ranking second12 in the current surname list, with a population of about 504,000, accounting for about 0.03 1% of the total population in China. Tan's ancestral home is Song State in Shangqiu, Henan. After the demise of the Song Dynasty, most people who talked about clans stayed in their ancestral homes. During the Qin and Han Dynasties, it was said that the clan moved northward to Jize, Yongnian, Quzhou and other places in Hebei Province which belonged to Guangping County at that time. Later, they talked about the clan breeding in this area and becoming a big family. Therefore, future generations all talk about "Guangping" as their county name. Others say that the clan has moved westward to the present, and there is Lingbao in Henan, which is located at the junction of Shanxi, Shaanxi and Henan provinces. This place belonged to Hongnong County in ancient times. Later, they talked about the clan people multiplying in this county and becoming a big family, so later generations also took "Hongnong" as their county name. Originally from Shangqiu, it belonged to Liang State in the Han Dynasty, so there is no doubt that Liang State is the county seat of the Tan family. During the Three Kingdoms, the Jin Dynasty, the Southern and Northern Dynasties, social unrest, foreign invasion and bad weather, Tan clan people moved south to other southern provinces such as Anhui, Jiangsu and Zhejiang, centering on the above three counties. During the late Tang Dynasty, the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms period, the Tan clan moved southward, which not only shifted the center of Tan clan's reproduction from the north to the south, but also spread the Tan clan to more southern provinces such as Hubei, Hunan, Sichuan and Jiangxi. During the Song and Yuan Dynasties, it is said that people migrated to Fujian, Guangdong, Guangxi, Yunnan and other places. According to the genealogy of the Tan family in Wuxi, Jiangsu Province, the Tan family in Wuxi settled in Wuxi from Kaifeng, Henan Province and lived in the alley for more than eight centuries, belonging to the oldest branch of the Tan family. In the early Ming dynasty, the immigration policy was implemented, and the rural population with less land and more people migrated to the rural areas with less land and more people. For example, people from Ji 'an, Jiangxi Province were moved to newly reclaimed areas in Hunan Province. For example, it was at this time that taboo Zhao Nan moved from Jishui, Ji 'an, Jiangxi Province to Ningxiang. In the Qing Dynasty, the more the Tan family was distributed, the more the Tan family lived in the northeast, northwest and even the southeast corner of Taiwan Province Province. On the eve of mainland liberation, some clan members in Taiwan Province Province were defeated by the Kuomintang. At present, the largest number of Tan's people are distributed in Jiangsu Province, and Tan's family in one province accounts for more than 45% of the total population of Tan's family in China. Now Beijing, Nanhui District and Changning District of Shanghai, Jiujiang City, Nanchang City, Xinjian County and Ruichang City of Jiangxi Province, Ningxiang County, Changsha City, Jinshi City, Xiangtan City, Yiyang City, Wugang City and Wangcheng County of Hunan Province, Wujin District, liyang city City, Yangzhou City, Wuxian City, Yixing City, Taizhou City and gaoyou county City of Changzhou City, Jiangsu Province. Haining, Hangzhou, Deqing and Jiaxing in Huzhou, Zhejiang, Xianyang in Shaanxi, Yuzhong in Lanzhou, Gansu, Feidong in Hefei, Anhui, Songzi and Xiaochang in Hubei, Wuchang, Ezhou, Huangshi, dangyang city and Huayuan in Wuhan, Weiyuan and Zitong in Sichuan, Lujiang, Shucheng and Maanshan in Anhui. Taiyuan City in Shanxi Province, Dalian City in Liaoning Province, Xixian County in Henan Province, Huangchuan County, Guangshan County, Lanzhou City in Gansu Province, Xinhui City, Deqing County, Jiangmen City, Sihui City, Kaiping City, Deqing County in Zhaoqing City, new york City in the United States, Cambridge City in the United Kingdom, etc.