Fan is a common surname in China, ranking 109 in the surname list, mainly distributed in the north of the Yellow River. The contemporary population accounts for about 0. 15% of the national population, with a total population of about 2 million.

This surname is the ancestor clock. Her surname is Ji, and she is descended from Zhou Taiwang's father. Zhou Xuanwang was an official of Taizai. He helped the emperor to govern the world and made the country show a revival situation. Later, Zhou was named Fan (now Fancheng, Xiangfan City, Hubei Province) and was named Hou, also known as "Fan Zhongshan".

His descendants took the country as their surname, hence the name Fan Shi. Therefore, later generations respected Zhong as the ancestor of Fan.

The Significance and Totem of Fan;

Fan, the original meaning is that the horse is too heavy to stop. In Oracle Bone Inscriptions and China, Fan is like a horse carrying a lot of big things, and this horse becomes very small. In fact, the upper part of the word fan is like a fence or a cage for birds and animals, which implies the meaning of a cage. Fan is a fence, and it also has the meaning of encirclement, edge and complex shape.

Cage is a common tool used by primitive people to catch and domesticate animals. A group that is good at making cages is called Fan clan, which is the original totem and emblem of the clan. The place where Fan people live is called Fan. Because Fan clan is good at weaving cages and building fences. , soon built a castle, and later developed into a country and surname.

According to the latest archaeological discovery, the vessels of the ancient Fan State were unearthed in the ancient Fan land in Xinyang, Henan Province. The inscription shows that Gu Fanguo is a descendant of Dongyi's won surname. Dongyi nationality is a tribe with birds as its totem. They are also good at catching birds and weaving birdcages.