The origin and history of Liu's surname

Sources of Liu's surname: According to Records of the Historian, Hanshu, Tongzhi Genealogy and Chinese Surnames, there are three main sources of Liu's surname: the change of Qi surname, Ji surname and foreign surname.

History of Liu surname: Qi surname Liu has two homologous branches: one is directly from Liu Lei, which was formed in Xia Dynasty; In the early Spring and Autumn Period, a scholar society composed of descendants of Liu Lei was formed. Originated from the formation of Ji surname in the Spring and Autumn Period, taking the city as the standard. The change of foreign surname was formed in the early Western Han Dynasty. During the Wei, Jin and Sixteen Kingdoms period, Liu Bang gave his family the surname Liu.

Liu surname distribution

Willow is mainly distributed in China. Overseas, Liu is mainly distributed in neighboring countries in the south and east of China, such as Southeast Asia, including Singapore, Malaysia, the Philippines, Thailand, Myanmar and zhina. Another example is North and South Korea and Japan; Followed by North America and Australia; Followed by Europe and South America, Africa is a region with a relatively small population in Liu.

Since the late Ming Dynasty, people from Fujian, Guangdong and other places have moved to Taiwan Province Province, and then many people went overseas to make a living. During the Ming and Qing Dynasties, Liu continued to migrate from North China to the southeast since the Jin and Tang Dynasties, on the other hand, he partially migrated to the southwest and began to expand from the southeast coast to Nanyang on a large scale, which formed the climax of Liu's first overseas migration.