The specific origin of the oil surname is not available. However, it is understood that in the Tang Dynasty, people took oil as their surname. According to legend, in the Tang Dynasty, a senior official surnamed Niu offended the emperor and was beheaded, and his descendants changed their surnames to "oil" in order to escape the disaster of the prison.
You surname is an old surname. Contemporary distribution in Shanxi, Shandong, Anhui, Hebei, Jilin, Heilongjiang, Shaanxi, Yunnan, Taiwan Province and other provinces. The rest provinces are scattered. In addition to the Han nationality, some ethnic groups such as you also take you as their surname.
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Migration and distribution
According to statistics in p>27, there were 6,651 people with the surname of You, including 19 in Beijing. According to the statistics of relevant departments, there are seven people named "You" in Jiangsu province, including three "male Youzi" and four "female Youzi". The oldest "female Youzi" was 69 years old in Guannan, northern Jiangsu, and the oldest "male Youzi" was 43 years old in Nanjing in 27 (his daughter was 43 years old in 27).
The oil surname family in Youlou Village, Licun Town, Heze City, Shandong Province originated from the pagoda tree in Hongdong, Shanxi Province in the Ming Dynasty, and then moved out of Youzhai Village, huzhuang, Dongming County. Their two villages have contacts every Spring Festival. It is recorded in the local county annals. Since the 197s, some people have moved from Heze to Xinjiang to settle down, and now it has been three generations.
All the rice, oil, salt, sauce, vinegar and tea are surnames, and there are less than 1 surnames in Chai Xing Million Sauce.
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