How did Cai come from?

Cai's surname is derived from his surname.

Cai's family came from the fief of the branch of the Yellow Emperor and belonged to the fief name. Ai surname is a direct descendant of the Yellow Emperor. During the Yao, Shun and Xia dynasties, Ai's clans, such as Yan, Kan, Yin, Cai and Lu, were distributed in the east and west Yellow River basins in Henan. Cai is a branch of Wa nationality, and holds a high sacrificial position in the tribe. Cai and Ji were commonly used in ancient times, so Cai came from Ji.

Cai ranked 155 among the hundred surnames in Song Dynasty. As of 20 13, the total population of contemporary Chua's family has reached 5.52 million, accounting for 0.46% of the total population in China, and the total population ranks 44th among China surnames. Cai surname is one of the Chinese surnames, and it is a typical multi-ethnic and multi-origin surname. Cai Zhong was the ancestor of Cai in the Western Zhou Dynasty.

population distribution

The distribution of Cai surname in China is mainly concentrated in Guangdong, Zhejiang and Jiangsu provinces, accounting for about 35% of the total population of Cai surname. Secondly, it is distributed in Sichuan, Hubei, Taiwan Province, Anhui and Fujian, with a concentration of 32% in these five provinces. Guangdong is home to 13.7% of the total population of Cai surname, which is the largest province of Cai surname, accounting for 1% of the total population of the whole province, forming a region with a high proportion of Cai surname in the southeast coastal areas of China.

In the past 600 years, the degree and direction of Cai's population movement are different from those in the Song, Yuan and Ming Dynasties. Although there are immigrants to Central China and North China, immigrants to the southeast are still the mainstream, and there are also immigrants to the west and northeast. On June 24th, 2022, 65438+, the Household Administration Research Center released the national name report of 202 1. According to the report, the province with the largest population distribution in Cai is Guangdong.