The origin and history of Dai nationality

Dai's surname originated from Jiang's surname. Dai's history is as follows:

Dai surname is one of the common surnames in China, and its origin and history can be traced back to ancient times. According to legend, Dai is a descendant of Jiang, who originated from the nobles of Jiang in ancient China. The surname Jiang occupies an important position in the history of China, and many famous people in ancient times were surnamed Jiang. Legend has it that a descendant of Jiang moved to the north, and later changed his surname to Dai for some reason, forming Dai's family.

Dai has a long history in China, and its earliest appearance can be traced back to the Warring States Period. According to the records of hundreds of surnames, Dai is also found in ancient documents such as Zuo Zhuan and Historical Records. With the development of history, Dai people are distributed all over China, forming many important families and clans.

Brief introduction to the distribution of Dai surname

With a population of nearly 4.3 million, Dai is the 64th surname in China, accounting for about 0.34% of the national population. Since the Song Dynasty, the growth rate of Dai population has been on the rise during the period of 1000. The distribution in China is mainly concentrated in Anhui, Hubei and Jiangsu provinces, accounting for about 34% of the total population of the Dai people, followed by Hunan, Sichuan, Guangdong, Chongqing, Zhejiang and Guizhou, which account for 36% of the total population of the Dai people.

Anhui is the home of 12% of the total population of the Dai people and the largest province of the Dai people. Dai's gathering area, headed by Anhui and Jiangsu in the east and extending westward along the Yangtze River to Sichuan and Guizhou, has been formed all over the country. In the nearly 600 years since the Ming Dynasty, the migration direction of the Dai population from the east to central China and the west has been the mainstream, and the migration to the northeast has become a new direction.

Reference to the above content: Baidu Encyclopedia-Dai's