The surname Luo ranks one hundred and thirty-second in the "Hundred Family Surnames". ?
The surname Luo is a surname of many ethnic groups and origins. There are about 1,452,000 people with the surname Luo, accounting for about 0.09% of the total population of China. They are widely distributed in China, especially in Guangdong, Guizhou, Beijing and other provinces and cities. People with this surname include Han, Yi, Bai, and Shui nationalities. , Tujia, Buyi, Gelao, etc. all have this surname. There were Luo Jun and Luo Liuxiang in the Han Dynasty, Luo Binwang the poet in the Tang Dynasty, Luo Wensheng in the Ming Dynasty, and Luo Bingzhang, the governor of Sichuan in the Qing Dynasty.
Origin of the surname
It is derived from the surname Jiang. It comes from the son Luo, a descendant of Jiang Taigong of Qi State. He is named after his ancestor. According to historical records such as "Surname Genealogy" and "Yuanhe Surname Compilation", after the death of King Wu Jifa of Zhou Dynasty, the successor King Jisong of Zhou Cheng, after suppressing the Sanjian Rebellion and the resistance of the Dongyi tribe, in order to renovate the Haodi controlled and assimilated the Dongyi tribe, granted Jiang Taigong the title of Qi, established the Qi Kingdom, and established the Duke of Qi. His capital was set up in Yingqiu (now Zibo, Shandong), and he was granted the privilege of conquering the five princes and nine uncles. The correct pronunciation of the surname is luò.