The origin and history of Lei surname

The origin and history of Lei surname are as follows:

1, origin of Lei surname:

Originated from the surname Jiang, it came from Fangshan, the fief of Yan Di Sun's family, and belonged to a family named after its ancestors. According to legend, the ninth grandson of Emperor Yan Shennong was named Lei. When the Yellow Emperor led the Yanhuang Tribal Alliance to fight against Chiyou, the two sides fought fiercely in Zhuolu, and Lei bravely killed the enemy, regardless of life and death, helping the Yellow Emperor to eliminate Chiyou and make great contributions.

From the son's surname, from the Shang Dynasty Yin's favorite minister, belonging to the name of the ancestor. Legend has it that in the Shang Dynasty, there was a favorite in Zhou Wang named Lei Kai, who was loyal to Zhou Wang and taught Zhou Wang to be happy.

2. Lei's history:

In the pre-Qin period, the activity of Lei surname was limited to Henan, but it was not active all the time, and there were few records in historical books. During the Qin and Han Dynasties, the Lei family moved eastward to Anhui and Jiangxi, and began to develop eastward, forming a famous Lei family. Wei, Jin, Southern and Northern Dynasties is an important period for Lei's development. The Lei family in Qiang, Di, Bashu, Shaanxi-Gansu-Ningxia and Sichuan-Hubei regions in the northwest rose and became sinicized, becoming an important activity center of the Lei family and forming the famous Fengyi Lei family.

During the Tang and Song Dynasties, Lei continued to develop to the northwest, and immigrants to the south and southeast became the mainstream. In the Ming Dynasty, the focus of Lei's surname shifted to the south and southeast, and there were basically Lei's surnames in all parts of the south, especially in Jiangxi and Fujian.

Population distribution of Lei surname:

The population of contemporary Lei surname has reached more than 3 million, which is the 78th surname in China, accounting for about 0.25% of the national population. In the 600 years since the Ming Dynasty, the population of Lei surname has increased from 6.5438+0.5 million to more than 3 million, an increase of 20 times, and the population growth rate of Lei surname is higher than that of the whole country. During the period of 1000 since the Song Dynasty, the population growth rate of Lei showed a V-shaped trend.

The distribution in China is mainly concentrated in Sichuan, Hunan and Shaanxi provinces, accounting for about 40% of the total population of Lei, followed by Hubei, Guizhou, Henan, Fujian and Guangxi, with 30% of the population of Lei. Sichuan is the largest province with Lei surname, accounting for 16% of the total population of Lei surname.

In the past 600 years, the mainstream of Lei's population has moved strongly from southeast to northwest and west, and the population center of gravity has moved from southeast to west. The whole country has formed three Lei surname gathering areas: Shaanxi in the northwest, Sichuan in the west, Hubei, Guizhou, Hunan and Fujian in the south. The distribution frequency of Lei's surname in the crowd shows that it is in Chongqing, Shaanxi, Guangxi, Hunan, eastern Yun Chuan, eastern Gansu, western Shanxi and Henan, most of Hubei, Jiangxi and Guangdong, southern Zhejiang, northern Fujian and southwestern Xinjiang.