The historical development of the surname Cao, the origin and origin of the surname Cao

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1. From the descendants of the surname of the Yellow Emperor Ji. In 1122 B.C., Cao Zhenduo, the son of King Wen of Zhou and the younger brother of King Wu of Zhou, was enshrined in Cao, built the capital Taoqiu, and became the king of the first feud, and became the ancestor of the Cao family, Cao Shen and Cao Cao are their descendants.

2. Originated from official position. The great-grandson of Wu Hui, Sun An, was sealed in the Cao State (in the area of present-day Heze, Shandong), and belonged to the clan named after the country. Legend has it that Emperor Zhuan had a great-grandson named Wu Hui, who was a fire when the emperor was happy.

Wu Hui's son Lu Zhong married the daughter of the ghost Fang clan and gave birth to six sons, whose five sons were named An, surnamed Cao, and Xia Yu gave Feng An as Cao Guan, which belonged to the clan with official titles.

3. In ancient times, the people of Cao came to China and took Cao as their surname. The ancient state of Cao was located in the north and northeast of Samarkand, a present-day Republic of Uzbekistan.

4. The surname Qin was changed. In the twentieth year of Emperor Jian'an, Cao Cao changed Qin's true surname to Cao.

5. Originated from the change of surname of ethnic minorities.

The origin of the surname Cao is mainly divided into two branches: the Gao Yang family and the Ji family. The details are as follows:

1. Origin of Gaoyang Clan: The first branch is after the Gaoyang clan, a descendant of the Yellow Emperor. Zhu Rong's descendant Wu Hui, Wu Hui's son Lu Zhong's fifth son An, surnamed Cao.

The Cao tribe began to live in the Cao land of Zhouzhi, Shaanxi, because the Cao land is rich in dates, and the tribe takes the dates as an important food. Therefore, the jujube is the totem of the clan, and the jujube is the emblem of Cao's original clan, which later became a surname, and the Cao tribe eventually developed into a state.

2. Origin Ji surname: The second expenditure is from the Ji surname. After King Wu of Zhou destroyed Shang, he named his young brother Uncle Zhenduo in Cao, the earl, and built the capital of Taoqiu, which is now the north of Dingtao County, Shandong.

In the late Warring States period, in 487 BC, Song Jinggong destroyed the Ji surnamed Cao State, and his descendants took the country as his clan. The history of the Ji surname Cao is also more than 3,000 years. The widespread use of the surname Cao was after the fall of the Cao Kingdom, which also has a history of more than 2,400 years.

Distribution and migration of the surname Cao

1. In the pre-Qin period, the surname Cao was mainly active in Gansu, Shandong and northern Jiangsu. During the Qin and Han dynasties, the surname Cao was already distributed in the provinces north of the Yangtze River and in East China. At the beginning of the Tang Dynasty and the end of the Tang Dynasty, the Central Plains emigrated southward twice, and the surname Cao was one of the Central Plains surnames that entered Fujian.

At the end of the Tang Dynasty and the beginning of the Song Dynasty, the surname Cao entered Liangguang. At the beginning of the Qing Dynasty, the surname Cao entered Taiwan.

2. During the Song Dynasty, there were about 630,000 people with the surname Cao, accounting for about the country's population, ranking 24th. The largest province with the surname Cao is Hebei, accounting for about the total population of the country. The distribution in the country is mainly concentrated in Hebei and Henan, and the surname Cao in these two provinces accounts for about 54 of the total population of the country.

Secondly, it is distributed in Anhui, Jiangxi, Zhejiang and other provinces. The country presents two major areas with the surname Cao in the north, Hebei, Henan, and Anhui, Jiangxi, and Zhejiang in the southeast.

3. During the Ming Dynasty, the main body of the surname Cao has been in the Central Plains and Shandong, and the continuous wars in the north during the Song, Yuan, and Ming dynasties have naturally affected the people surnamed Cao, and the population has decreased significantly. During the Ming Dynasty, Jiangsu was the largest province with the surname Cao, accounting for about the total population of the country. The distribution in the country is mainly concentrated in Jiangsu, Shandong and Zhejiang provinces, accounting for about 44 of the total population surnamed Cao.

Secondly, it is distributed in Jiangxi, Anhui and other provinces. The whole country has re-formed a large population gathering area with the surnames of Shandong, Jiangsu, Zhejiang, Jiangxi and Anhui.

1.The ancestor of the surname Cao: Cao Shu Zhenduo His original name was Ji Zhenduo, the 13th son born to Ji Chang and Taiji, King Wen of Zhou, and Ji Fa, King Wu of Zhou, belonged to the same brother of the same mother, in the time of King Wu of Zhou, Ji Zhenduo was sealed in Cao State, and the capital was set in Taoqiu, which is modern Shandong.

After more than 600 years, the Cao Kingdom was destroyed, so the remnants took the name of the old country as their surname, so there were people with the surname Cao, which is also the most authentic line of the surname Cao.

2.Originated from the ancient Zhurong family The surname Cao is considered to be one of the eight names of the Zhurong family, and Cao in ancient times is mainly derived from the official name, it is said that there is a person named An among the sons of Wu Hui, the great-grandson of Zhuan Xu, and then Xia Yu was named Cao Guan, mainly to guard the official position of slaves and criminals, and then people are used to becoming him Cao An, so his descendants also take the surname Cao Wei, but some of the descendants settled in the State of Yi, and when the State of Yi was destroyed by the State of Chu, this part was changed to the surname of Zhu.

3.Originated from the ancient kingdom of the Western Regions - Cao Kingdom.

The origin and history of the surname Cao: one is from the descendants of Zhurong, and the descendants of Zhurong are divided into eight surnames, namely Ji, Dong, Peng, Bald, Tan, Cao, Xuan, Mi, etc., and the history books are called "Zhurong Eight Surnames."";One is from the surname Ji, the thirteenth son of King Wen of Zhou, Cao Shu Zhenduo, was enshrined in Cao, established the Cao State, and then the hunger was destroyed by the Song State, and the descendants took the country as the clan. One is from the Cao State of Central Asia, with the surname Zhaowu Jiu.

The surname Cao is one of the Chinese surnames, the surname of the State of Wei during the Three Kingdoms period, mainly derived from the Huozheng Zhurong branch and the Western Zhou royal branch in ancient times, and is one of the oldest surnames in China. It is generally believed that in the 11th century BC, the Cao family from the surname Ji is the most important**, Cao Shu Zhenduo is also considered to be the ancestor of the surname Cao, the sixth son born to King Ji Chang and Tai Ji of Zhou Wen, the same brother of Zhou Wu Qin King Ji Fa, the first feudal monarch of the Zhou Dynasty, and the ancestor of the Cao family.

The surname Cao, one of the Chinese surnames, the surname of the State of Wei during the Three Kingdoms period, is mainly derived from the Huozheng Zhurong branch and the Western Zhou royal family branch in ancient times, and is one of the oldest surnames in China.

It ranked 26th in the Song version of "100 Family Names" and ranked 28th in 2006. In the Song Dynasty, the surname Cao flourished in the Sichuan-Gansu region and the Central Plains, mainly concentrated in Henan, Hebei, Sichuan, and Gansu provinces, accounting for the national population, with a total population of about 7.3 million.

Nowadays, it is mainly concentrated in Henan, Hebei and Sichuan provinces, accounting for about 30% of the total population surnamed Cao in the country. followed by Jiangsu, Anhui, Shandong, Hubei, and Hunan, and the surname Cao in the five provinces was concentrated in 31%. Henan is the largest province with the surname Cao, accounting for about 10% of the total population with the surname Cao.

The first surname Cao in China mainly includes: one is from the descendants of Zhu Rong, the descendants of Zhu Rong are divided into eight surnames, Zao Bi Rui is Ji, Dong, Peng, Bald, Fei, Cao, 斟, Mi, etc., the history books are called "Zhurong Eight Surnames"; One is from the surname Ji, the thirteenth son of King Wen of Zhou, Cao Shu Zhenduo, was enshrined in Cao, established the Cao State, and was later destroyed by the Song State, and the descendants took the country as the clan.

Cao's name person frequency:

The "Dictionary of Chinese Names" includes 285 celebrities with the surname Cao, accounting for the total number of names, ranking 31st in the celebrity surname stool; Famous writers surnamed Cao account for the total number of Chinese writers in all dynasties, ranking 22nd; Famous medical scientists surnamed Cao account for the total number of medical scientists in China, ranking 30th.