First, the origin and origin of Guan surname 1 comes from the ancient Guan Longshi, the ancestor Guan Longfeng.
Guan surname is an ancient surname, which originated from Guan Long in ancient times. During the reign of Shundi, Zhuan Xu's descendant Dong Fu (the ancestor of Dong's surname) was Shunyang Dragon, and was later given the name of Dragon (the words "Qian" and "Guan" were commonly used in ancient times). At the end of the Xia Dynasty, Xia Jie ignored the state affairs, and the doctor Guan Longfeng tried his best to remonstrate and was killed. Later, the descendants of Guan Longfeng simplified the surname to Guan, and respected Guan Longfeng as the ancestor of Guan.
2. From the Spring and Autumn Period, the official name was taken as the surname.
In addition, some of today's Guan surnames come from the Spring and Autumn Period. They are descendants of Guanyin and take the official name as their surnames. During the Spring and Autumn Period, the Imperial Physician of the Eastern Zhou Dynasty was appointed as the Guanling of Hanguguan, known as Guanyin (? Hi? Be a man's name? Guanyin? That is, keep the customs order).
According to legend, when I traveled to the west, I was moved by the hospitality of Guanyin Xi and wrote a famous Taoist scripture of 5 thousand words for him. After Guanyin Xi spread the Tao Te Ching to the world, he also died as an immortal with Laozi. Later generations took his official name as his surname and called him Guan.
3. Ethnic minorities change their surnames.
Guan's surname is multi-ethnic, and a few of them have changed their surnames from ethnic minorities, such as Guarga of Xibe nationality, HuSihariddh of Hezhe nationality, Gualegai of Mongolian nationality, Nayaqin, Goral of Oroqen nationality, Gualecha, Guanjia and Herzila of Manchu nationality. After the middle of Qing Dynasty, the surname of Duoguan Han was Guan.
Second, how does Guan's surname rank among hundreds of surnames? Guan surname is a multi-ethnic and multi-surname source surname. The origin and origin of Guan surname are mainly the above three places. It originated from the ancient Guanlongshi, and its ancestor was Guan Longfeng. At present, it ranks 394th among the top 100 surnames, ranking behind Wo surnames and before Kuai surnames. Interested friends can also look at the origin and origin of Wo surname and the origin and origin of Kuai surname.
Third, how many people in the country (distribution) Although the surname Guan was not high in the Song Dynasty, the population was quite large. At present, there are about 1.45 million Guan surnames in China, accounting for about 0. 13% of the total population. The current Guan surname is mainly distributed in Henan and Guangdong provinces, accounting for 53% of the population of Guan surname, of which Henan is the largest province, accounting for about 27% of the population of Guan surname.