What is the origin of Gao's surname?

First, the distribution and migration of Gao surname in history

During the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period, Gao mainly lived in North China, and one of them was in the late Warring States Period. After the Chu State was defeated, it passed through the land of wuyue, entered Chu State and finally arrived in Hainan.

during the Qin and Han dynasties, Gao's footprints have spread all over North China, Shaanxi, Gansu and Ningxia and the Central Plains.

The end of the Eastern Han Dynasty was the heyday of Gao's surname, and the most famous Bohai Gao's surname was formed in the Bohai Gang County area.

In the Western Jin Dynasty, the surname Gao mainly migrated to the north and northeast.

During the Northern and Southern Dynasties, Gao was forced to emigrate to southern Shaanxi and western Shu due to the demise of the Northern Qi Dynasty.

During the Sui and Tang Dynasties, Gao's main activity place was still north of the Yangtze River, but he continued to migrate to Sichuan and Jiangsu and Zhejiang provinces.

During the Five Dynasties, Song and Yuan Dynasties, Gao's surname immigrated to various parts of the south of the Yangtze River, especially to Jiangsu and Zhejiang provinces.

Gao entered Taiwan Province in the late Ming and early Qing dynasties.

during the song dynasty (96-1279), there were about 89, people named Gao, accounting for 1.15% of the national population, ranking 15th.

Anhui is the largest province with high surname, accounting for 15.6% of the total population of the country and 3.1% of the total population of Anhui.

The distribution in China is mainly concentrated in Anhui, Hebei, Shaanxi, Henan and Sichuan provinces, which account for 62% of the total population. Secondly, it is distributed in Shanxi, Hubei and Zhejiang, and the number of high surnames in these three provinces is 2.

The distribution zone of high surnames is radial to the northeast, northwest and southeast with Anhui, Henan, Shaanxi and Hebei as the center.

during the Ming dynasty (1368-1644), there were about 93, people named Gao, accounting for about 1% of the national population, and it was the 19th surname in the Ming dynasty.

In the Song, Yuan and Ming Dynasties, the net population growth rate was 2%, and the population with high surname basically did not increase, which was far lower than the national population growth rate.

In the past 6 years, the net increase rate of the population with middle and high surnames was 4, with a net increase of 4,.

Shandong is the largest province with high surname, accounting for about 18.8% of the total population with high surname.

The distribution in China is mainly concentrated in Shandong, Jiangsu (12.5) and Zhejiang (12.2), where the high surname accounts for about 44% of the total population. Secondly, it is distributed in Shanxi, Jiangxi, Gansu and Hebei, and the number of high surnames in these four provinces is 29.

during the song, yuan and Ming dynasties, the general distribution pattern of Gao surname changed greatly, and its population mainly migrated from the north to the southeast and northwest, especially to the areas of Jiangsu, Zhejiang and Jiangxi.

Shandong, Jiangsu, Zhejiang, Jiangxi, Shanxi and Shanxi have re-formed three areas with high surnames.

Second, the population and distribution of contemporary high surnames

The population of contemporary high surnames has reached 14.52 million, ranking 15th in China, accounting for 1.21% of the national population.

In the past 6 years since the Ming Dynasty, the population with middle and high surnames has surged from 93, to more than 14.5 million, up to 15 times.

The average population of the Ming Dynasty was close to 93 million, and the contemporary population was 1.2 billion, which increased 13 times.

The growth rate of the population with high surname is higher than that of the whole country. In 1 , the growth rate of the population with high surname showed a "V" shape.

The distribution in China is mainly concentrated in Shandong, Anhui and Jiangsu provinces, accounting for about 3% of the total population of Gao. Secondly, it is distributed in Hubei, Hebei, Henan, Sichuan and Guangdong, and these five provinces have concentrated 31.

Shandong is the largest province with Gao surname, accounting for 14.6% of the total population, accounting for 2.3% of the total population.

The Bohai Bay and the eastern coastal areas have formed a region with high surnames.

In the past 6 years, the degree and direction of the population with high surname have been greatly different from those in the Song, Yuan and Ming Dynasties, especially the migration direction from the east to Central China and North China has been greater than the migration from north to south and east. At the same time, the migration to the southwest and south has become an important mobile flow.

Third, the historical county with high surname

1. Bohai County: the county was established in the Western Han Dynasty.

The ancestor of this branch of Gao's was Gao Hong, the satrap of Bohai Sea in the Eastern Han Dynasty.

2. Yuyang County: The Warring States Yan repelled Qin Kai from Donghu County.

is named after the Yang of Fish and Water.

after high concealment and high vision.

3. Guangling County: Han Dynasty.

this branch of Gao's family is the successor of Gao Rui's great-grandson, Wu Danyang.

4. Henan County: In the Han Dynasty, it was changed to Sanchuan County in Qin Dynasty.

this branch of Gao's is the base after Gao's of Xianbei nationality.

5. Liaodong County: The county built by Yan in Warring States repelled Qin Kai from Donghu.

aim high.