What is the origin and history of Ye surname?

Derived from rice surname, taking feudal city as surname. According to the history, in ancient times, Lu Zhong, a descendant of Emperor Zhuan Xu, married the daughter of Ghost Fang and gave birth to six sons. The sixth one was named Ji Lian and given the surname Mi. The descendants of Ji Lian can be Zhou Wenwang's teachers. Later, Xiong Ji's great-grandson Xiong Yi was appointed in Jingzhou Mountain (now Jingzhou, Hubei) in Song Ji, Zhou Chengwang, and established the country as Jing, with Danyang as its capital (now Zigui, Hubei). Later, he moved to Ziying (now Jiangling, Hubei) and changed his country name to Chu.

During the Spring and Autumn Period, Yin Ruins, the great-grandson of Coco (Xiong Lu) in Chu Zhuangwang, served as the commander-in-chief of Shenxian County (now Linquan, Anhui Province) during the reign of Xiong Qiji (528 BC-565438 BC+06 BC), and later served as Sajima of Chu State.

In the eighteenth year of Ren Xiong (498 BC), Shen Yinxu died heroically when he led the army against the Wu army. The king of Chu named Shen Yinxu's son Yu (now the ancient city of Yexian County, Henan Province), which was called in history. Ye Gong's pacification of the rebellion assisted the restoration of King Hui of Chu and made great contributions to the State of Chu. It was enfeoffed to Nanyang (now Nanyang, Henan, Xiangfan, Hubei) and named Ye Gong, which was respected by the world.

After Lord Ye, the fief was taken as the surname. According to the data of Tongzhi Yi Tong and Tongzhi Imperial Clan's Policy of Taking the City as the Surname, it is quite successful to control the water and open up wasteland in Yedi. Because Bai Gong's rebellion was put down, he was called Ye Gong. Later generations took Yi as their surname, Ye Zudi and Ye Zudi as their ancestors.

Extended data:

Ye surname is a surname group with a rapid population development in modern China. Ye ranked 257th among the 504 surnames included in Hundred Surnames, which appeared in the Northern Song Dynasty. By 1987, Ye had already ranked 49th among the most popular surnames in China, with more than 5 million people.

Among the population of more than 6 million Ye, most of them are located in Zhejiang, Guangdong, Fujian, Jiangxi, Guangxi, Guizhou, Sichuan, Chongqing, Yunnan, Shanghai, Taiwan Province, southern Jiangsu and southern Anhui.

In April 2007, the Public Security Administration of the Ministry of Public Security made a statistical analysis of the registered population in China, and Ye population ranked 46th in the country. In 2008, Ye's population ranked 42nd in China. 20 10 according to the main data of the sixth national census, the total population ranks 49th in China.

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