The population of contemporary Jin surname is about1083,000, accounting for 0.08% of the national population, ranking158th among hundreds of surnames. The gold population is mainly concentrated in Hebei, Shanxi, Henan, Shandong, Beijing, Jiangsu, Anhui, Guizhou, Sichuan (Chongqing), Shaanxi, Gansu, Ningxia, Inner Mongolia and northeastern provinces, and the gold population in the north is more than that in the south.
During the Han and Tang Dynasties, the Jin family formed a noble family in Xihe County, which was mainly distributed in the northern region in the early Song Dynasty and gradually spread to the whole country after the Southern Song Dynasty.
Probe into the origin of Jin surname
1, from Mi surname.
According to the dialectical analysis of Custom Tong, Tongzhi Genealogy and ancient and modern surname books, the State of Jin was a small country of Chu in the Spring and Autumn Period, and then a city was acquired by Dr. Chu, and after the doctor of Shanxi merchants, the descendants took the city as their surname. There is also Jinjiang in Hunan Province, which originated from Daxiutang in Xiangxiang City, flows through Ningxiang City, and passes through the tomb of Doctor Shang of Chu and Jin Dynasties, hence the name.
2. Originated from Xiongnu, it belongs to sinicization and changed its surname to surname.
During the Sixteen Kingdoms Period in Wuhu, some southern Xiongnu people changed their Chinese characters to single surname Jin. The Huns Jin, Jin Zhun is Hanwang.
3. Zhu changed his surname to Jin.
According to the genealogy of the Jin family in Longshu, this branch of the Jin family was changed by Zhu in the Yuan Dynasty. Genealogy is collected in the National Library of China and Shanghai Library.
4. Manchu belongs to the Han surname.
According to the historical records "Emperor Zhi, Clan, Manchu Eight Banners" and "Manchu Social Organization", the Ileli family of Manchu, also known as Yiri, Ileli, Ileli, Nieman, Imas and later Xibe, were all cited as surnames.