The Migration and Development of Zheng Family after Tang Dynasty

By the end of the Tang Dynasty, the Central Plains moved south to Fujian, and a large number of ancestors named Zheng settled in Fujian, and the center of Zheng began to form in the southeast coast.

In the late Ming and early Qing Dynasties, Zheng Chenggong entered Taiwan Province.

In the Song Dynasty, there were about 750,000 people surnamed Zheng, accounting for 0.97% of the national population, ranking 20th. Fujian is the largest province with Zheng surname, accounting for about 25% of the total population of Zheng surname in China. Distribution in China is mainly concentrated in Fujian, Henan and Zhejiang provinces, with Zheng accounting for 50% of the total population, followed by Jiangsu, Guangdong, Jiangxi and Hubei. The distribution of Zheng surname in China is mainly concentrated in the southeast coast and two areas where Zheng surname gathers.

During the Ming Dynasty, there were about 1.2 million people surnamed Zheng, accounting for 1.2 1% of the national population, ranking 15. Zhejiang is the largest province with Zheng surname, accounting for about 25% of the total population of Zheng surname. The distribution in China is still concentrated in Zhejiang, Jiangxi, Fujian and other places, among which Zheng accounts for about 50% of the total population. Secondly, it is distributed in Guangdong, Guangxi, Jiangsu, Anhui and other places. The overall distribution pattern of Zheng surname in China has changed greatly, and the population mainly migrated to the southeast, and the Zheng surname gathering area with Zhejiang as the center began to form.