The origin and development of Min surname, what is the current population?

Min is from Duke Lu, and Duke Lu is from the royal family of Zhou Dynasty. Further back, Hou Ji, the ancestor of the Zhou Dynasty royal family, was a direct descendant of Ji, one of the 12 surnames acquired by 25 sons of the Yellow Emperor.

Min is a typical Han surname, ranking193rd in the current surname list, with a population of about 640,000, accounting for 0.04% of the total population of China. Min is also a Han surname. In the ancient Zhou Dynasty, after the death of Duke Zhuang of Lu, his son Qi became the monarch. At that time, he was very young. He was killed only two years later. Later, the royal family gave him a title called Lu Mingong. Min means pity, pity and sadness. Fortunately, Lu Mingong had an only son, and later his descendants took Min as their surname. Min came from the Duke of Lu, and Duke of Lu came from the royal family of Zhou Dynasty, because when the Zhou Dynasty was just established, one of the royal families was enfeoffed to Lu and established Lu. Going back, the royal family of the Zhou Dynasty was an important branch of the Yellow Emperor. The ancestor of the Zhou Dynasty was Hou Ji, and Hou Ji was the descendant of the Yellow Emperor. Min's family later developed into a noble family in Longxi County, known as Longxi King in the world. Min's surname is not in the top 100 in Chinese mainland and Taiwan Province province. Min's ancestral home is now Qufu, Jining, Shandong, the capital of Lu. During the Warring States Period, the State of Lu was first destroyed by Chu and then by Qi. Min's descendants are scattered in Shandong. During the Qin and Han dynasties, they gradually moved to Shaanxi, Hebei, Henan, Shanxi and other provinces because of avoiding chaos, being an official and making a living. During the Spring and Autumn Period, Dr. Ma, a Zhou Minzi, made a fief in Longxi, which lasted for more than 400 years in the Han Dynasty. He was a famous family in Longxi. In the middle of the Eastern Han Dynasty, some descendants of Min in Longxi moved westward to Taiyuan, Shanxi Province, where they became large families. In the Western Han Dynasty, martial arts was at its peak. Because of his outstanding achievements, he was named as the Hou of the Pass, and later generations settled in Xi 'an, Shaanxi Province. During the Three Kingdoms, the Jin Dynasty and the Southern and Northern Dynasties, the largest migration movement in China's history began. Like other gentry in the Central Plains, Min's descendants entered southern provinces such as Anhui, Jiangsu, Jiangxi, Zhejiang and Hubei to avoid chaos. During the Tang and Song Dynasties, it gradually spread in the middle and lower reaches of the Yangtze River. During the Northern Song Dynasty, Min praised the ambassador to Korea. After that, he settled in Li Xing, North Korea. At the end of Song Dynasty and the beginning of Yuan Dynasty, some people fled to Guangdong today. At the beginning of the Ming Dynasty, Shanxi Min surname, as one of the surnames of people who moved to Hongtong Sophora japonica, moved to Gansu, Shandong, Henan, Ningxia, Beijing, Tianjin, Shaanxi and other places. At the end of Ming Dynasty, some coastal Fujian people crossed the Taiwan Province Strait, spread to Taiwan Province Island, and migrated to Southeast Asia, Europe and America. Since the Qing Dynasty, it has been distributed more widely. Nowadays, three northeastern provinces, Inner Mongolia, Yunnan-Guizhou Plateau and other places have moved in, which can be described as flourishing and full of seeds. Taizhou, Yizheng, Suzhou, Rugao, Yangzhou and Yangzhong counties in Jiangsu Province, Jinzhou, Liaoyang and Zhangwu counties in Liaoning Province, Feixian County in Shandong Province, Suzhou City in Anhui Province, Jinzhai County and Ningguo County in Lu 'an City, Boye County in Hebei Province, Shanghai, Tongzhou District in Beijing, Shangluo City in Shaanxi Province, Wuchang District, huangpi district and Ningguo County in Wuhan City, Hubei Province. Nanchang City, Yongxiu County, Jiujiang City, Ganxian County and Dean County in Jiangxi Province, Jiaxing City, Tongxiang County and Wuxing District in Zhejiang Province, Guiyang City, Weng 'an County, Bijie City and Jinping County in Guizhou Province, Luzhou City and Xindu County in Sichuan Province, Guangshan County, Xuchang City and Tongbai County in Henan Province, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, Shangluo City in Shaanxi Province and Pengshui County in Chongqing. [ 1]