How many people are surnamed Qi in China at present?

By the end of 20 19, there were about1320,000 people with the surname Qi in China.

Qi is a typical multi-ethnic and multi-source surname group, ranking 15 1 in today's surname list, with a population of about1058,000, accounting for 0.066% of the total population in China. Qi surname is widely distributed in China, especially in Jiangsu, accounting for about 44% of the Han population in China.

Judging from the time and distribution of the above migration, the migration of Qi coincided with several major migration waves in history. Once with the migration of Wei, Jin, Southern and Northern Dynasties, once with the migration tide in the late Southern Song Dynasty, once in the late Ming and early Qing Dynasties, and once in the late Qing and early Republic of China. Like other surnames of the Chinese nation, the Qi family has experienced many robberies in the face of war and famine, but it continues to multiply.

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The origin of qi surname:

1, derived from the surname Ji, came from the fief of the fourth Duke of Jin in the Spring and Autumn Period and was named after the fief.

According to the historical records Yuan He Bian Shi and Ci Yuan, Sun Xi, the fourth doctor of the State of Jin in the Spring and Autumn Period, gave a food city to Qi (now an ancient town in Qixian County, Shanxi Province), and named the city Qi Xi. Qi Xi, also known as antelope, is a doctor in the state of Jin.

Among the descendants of Qixi, the feudal city of their ancestors is named Qi. There are many branches of Qi family in Jin State, such as Qi Cheng family, Ye Qi family and Qi She family. Later, they were all simplified to the single surname Qi, which was passed down from generation to generation, and the history called Qi's authentic. Most clan members respect Qi as the ancestor of their surnames.

2. Originated from Ji's surname, the original surname came from the Yellow Emperor's enfeoffment, which was given by the emperor.

According to Guangyun Historical Records, the Yellow Emperor * * * had twenty-five sons, and he gave twelve surnames to fourteen of them, of which Qi was one of the earliest surnames.

3. It originated from the Qi family and descended from the ancient Yao emperor. It belongs to the ancestor's name. According to the history book "surname test", Emperor Yao's name is also Yi.

In ancient times, the words "Qi" and "Qi" had the same meaning. Therefore, among the descendants of Emperor Yao, Qi's family name and Qi's family name came into being very early, and they all became Qi's family name, which was one of the earliest surnames.

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