Is the surname Zhong Qin pronounced Qin or Tan? Why can't you find it among hundreds of surnames?

When Qin Zuo's surname is used, it is generally pronounced as qín, ranking 96th among hundreds of surnames.

The word Qin, pronounced Qin, mainly refers to people surnamed Qin who live in present-day Guangxi. According to legend, the pronunciation of their surnames was originally Tan, which is homophonic with the word "Pei", which means tasting, and later Qin, so they became accustomed to each other.

According to relevant statistics, people surnamed Qin are distributed in 30 provinces, autonomous regions, municipalities directly under the Central Government and special administrative regions of Hongkong, Macau and Taiwan Province provinces. A few immigrated to the United States, Canada, Australia and Malaysia.

Extended data:

In the Han Dynasty, some of Tan's surnames were closely related to the famous Han Xin. Later, Han Xin was killed for some reason. Afraid of being implicated, his portable family fled to other places and changed his surname to Qin. Later, his descendants also took Qin as their surname. Historically, this Qin family was based in Qixian County (now Zibo, Shandong Province) and mainly distributed in the northern provinces of the Yellow River Basin and Guanlong area.

Ethnic migration: In the pre-Qin period, the surname Qin was active in Henan, and the main force migrated from north to south. After Qin, Han, Jin, Southern and Northern Dynasties, the surname of Qin has spread to various places. By the Song Dynasty, Qin surname was already a famous surname in Guangxi, forming a typical southern surname.

During the Song Dynasty, there were about 8,000 Qin surnames, mainly distributed in Guangxi. During the Ming Dynasty, there were about 48,000 people surnamed Qin, accounting for 0.05% of the national population, ranking second. Guangxi is still the largest province of Qin surname, accounting for about 65% of the total population of the country.

The distribution in China is mainly concentrated in Guangxi, Shanxi, Hunan, Guizhou, Sichuan and Hubei. During the Song, Yuan and Ming Dynasties, the overall distribution pattern of Qin surnames was still centered on Guangxi, forming a gathering area of Qin surnames.

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