A research report on Qi's history and present situation

Qi surname is one of the surnames in China, ranking 105 among hundreds of surnames. Qi is the145th surname in China with a population of about1280,000, which is widely distributed in China, especially in Jiangsu.

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.

The surname Qi originated from the land of Qi, which included almost the whole Jinzhong Pingchuan at that time. In the 12th year of Jin Qinggong (the first 5 14), Qi Ying, the grandson of Qi, was killed for his crime and the food city was confiscated. Since then, the descendants of Qi have been scattered in Shanxi. After the three clans were divided into Jin Dynasty, the Qi surname originated from Qi State and scattered in Shanxi, Hebei, Henan and other provinces. In the Western Han Dynasty, the Qi surnames seen in the history books were Wang Yang Sun You's Qihou Pagoda and Xinfeng (now Weinan West, Shaanxi Province).