What nationality is Hai surname?

Hai is the surname of the Blue Flag among the Eight Banners of Manchu, and the old surnames of Hai Manchu include: Ai Xinjue Luoshi, Hailasu, Saxoda, Haijia, and Karnott (Mongolian) who joined Manchu.

Hai's surname, according to the records in the Textual Research on Surnames, Hai's surname is the descendant of Hai Chun, the minister of Wei Linggong. He refers to Hai as his surname and his noble family comes from Xue County. After the Qin and Han Dynasties, people were concentrated in Xuejun. There are also many Hai people in Fujian and Guangdong in the south of China, who are multi-ethnic and widely distributed.

Migration and distribution

Hai is an ancient surname group with many nationalities and origins, but it is not listed in the top 3 of the hundred surnames in mainland China, ranked 488th in Taiwan Province Province, and ranked 472nd in the Song version of Hundred Surnames, with a population of about 48,, accounting for about .4% of the total population in China.

The ancestor of Hai recorded in history was Hai Chun, the minister of Wei Linggong in the Spring and Autumn Period. His surname has a history of at least 2,5 years and is one of the many ancient surnames in China. According to the records in the Textual Research on Surnames, Hai is a descendant of Wei Linggong's doctor Chun. He named the sea as Hai Chun, and his descendants are called Hai Chun.

After the Qin and Han Dynasties, the people of this clan were all concentrated in Xuejun area, so the noble family left Xuejun. At present, there are quite a few ethnic groups of this branch in Fujian and Guangdong in the south, which are widely distributed.

Zhengzhou City, Kaifeng City, dengzhou city City, Zhanhe District of Pingdingshan City, shenqiu county City of Zhoukou City, Xixia County of Nanyang City, Xuchang City, Puyang City, Fangcheng County of Nanyang City, Xichuan County of Nanyang City, Luoyang City and Gushi County of Xinyang City in Henan Province.

Zhangjiajie City and Linxiang City in Hunan Province, Bijie City and zhijin county City in Guizhou Province, Wuxi City, Xuzhou City and Suzhou City in Jiangsu Province, Datong City in Shanxi Province and Huairen County in Shanxi Province. Linqing City, Shandong Province and Dongming County, Heze City. Chengdu in Sichuan Province, Xianyang in Shaanxi Province, Yingkou and Fuxin in Liaoning Province, Dachang Hui Autonomous County and Tangshan in Hebei Province.

There are people of Hai clan in Tonghai County of Kunming, Xuanwei City, Lijiang City, luliang county of Qujing City, Jiangchuan County of Yuxi City, Shanghai, Beijing, Tianjin, Taiwan Province Province, Qinghai Province, Tongxin County of wuzhong of Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region, Pengyang County of Guyuan City, Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region, Wenchang County of Hainan Province, Luzhai of Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region and other places.