The origin and history of Bi surname

The surname Bi originated from the surname Ji, and its ancestor was the fifteenth son Bi.

Bi is a multi-ethnic and multi-source surname. Bi is a common surname today, which is widely distributed, such as Beijing-Tianjin, Cangzhou, Shangyi, Huanghua and Fuping in Hebei, Pingyi, Yucheng, Longkou, Jining and Zibo in Shandong, Taiyuan in Shanxi, Jianli in Hubei, Jinxi and Chongren in Jiangxi, Tianlin in Guangxi and Huadu and Zhanjiang in Guangdong.

More than 3,000 years ago, Biguo was the earliest birthplace of Bi, located in Chang 'an, Shaanxi, north of Xianyang, that is, on both sides of the Weihe River, also known as Bimo, Biyuan or Xianyang Plateau. In the early Zhou Dynasty, Bimo was highly valued by the royal family, because after the deaths of Zhou Wenwang, Zhou Wuwang and Duke Zhou, all the celebrities were buried in Sri Lanka. For more than 870 years in the Zhou Dynasty, the descendants of Bi have always enjoyed a good reputation in the world.

Population distribution of Bi surname

In the pre-Qin period, Bi was in Shaanxi, Shanxi and Henan. After entering the Qin and Han Dynasties, Bi's main activities were in the Central Plains and North China, including going south, crossing the two lakes and entering Guizhou in the west. During the Tang and Song Dynasties, Bi entered the southeast region with the army moving south.

In the Song Dynasty, there were about 90,000 people surnamed Bi, accounting for 0.09% of the national population, ranking 12 1. The province with the largest surname of Bi is Henan, accounting for about 3 1% of the total population of Bi in China. The distribution in China is mainly concentrated in Henan, Hunan and Anhui provinces, accounting for about 62% of the total population. Secondly, it is distributed in Shandong, Shanxi, Fujian, Jiangxi and other places.

In the Ming Dynasty, the population dropped sharply, about 70,000, accounting for 0.07% of the national population, ranking behind 160. The distribution in China is mainly concentrated in Anhui, Jiangxi, Shandong and Shanxi provinces, accounting for about 70% of the total population. Anhui is the largest province with Bi surname, accounting for 25% of the total population of Bi surname. Secondly, it is distributed in Hebei, Zhejiang and Jiangsu.

Reference to the above content: Baidu Encyclopedia-Bi surname