Why are there so many Lin surnames in Taiwan Province Province?

Most ancestors of Taiwan Province residents came from Zhang Quan in southern Fujian and Chaoshan area in eastern Guangdong. Among these early immigrants, the surname Chen was the largest, followed by the surname Lin, so there was a saying that Chen Lin was all over the world in early Taiwan Province Province.

Lin is also a big family in southern Fujian. The famous ones are Lin Zexu (a famous minister in the late Qing Dynasty), Lin Yutang (a writer), Lin (an architect and poet), Lin Juemin (the founding father of the Republic of China), Lin Sen (a political figure in the Republic of China) and Lin Moniang (the real name of Poseidon Mazu).

Lin Yifu (Vice President of the World Bank), Lin Chi-ling (Taiwan Province supermodel), Jimmy Lin (artist), Jeremy Lin (American professional basketball player) and Brigitte Lin (senior actor) are almost all Minnan people or ethnic groups.

Extended data:

Lin ranked 147 among the hundred surnames in the Song Dynasty. In 20 16, the population of Lin surname was about14160,000, and the forest rank was16; Forest ranks fourth in southern China, and the total forest population in Fujian Province is about 4.72 million, accounting for 14.8% of the total population in the province, ranking first; The Lin family in Guangdong Province is about 3 1 1 10,000, and that in Zhejiang Province is about 1.84 million.

There are about 2 million forests in Taiwan Province Province, 6.5438+0.8 million in South Korea, 5 million in other regions and 20 million in the world. Fuzhou, Putian, southern Fujian, eastern Guangdong and Taiwan Province provinces have the highest population density.

The Lin family in Putian has four branches. Jiumu Forest is mainly distributed in Ocean, Zhuangbian, Xinxian and Baisha in Licheng District, Chengxiang District and Hanjiang District. Gold forests are mainly distributed in Daitou, Pinghai, Gaobei, Huangshi and other places, while summer forests are mainly distributed in Dongzhuang and Xindu.

There was also a tourist forest, which later moved to Zhangzhou. At the end of the Ming Dynasty and the beginning of the Qing Dynasty, the descendants of You moved to Wufeng, Taiwan Province, which was known as the ancestor of Lin in Wufeng, Taiwan Province.