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The surname Zheng is a typical multi-ethnic and multi-origin surname, mainly derived from the surnames Zi, Jiang, Ji and other surnames of ethnic minorities. Duke Huan of Zheng of the Zhou Dynasty was the ancestor of the Ji surname Zheng. In 2013, China's registered population with the surname Zheng was 12,406,875.
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During the Song Dynasty, there were approximately 750,000 people with the surname Zheng, accounting for approximately 0.97% of the Chinese population, ranking 20th. Fujian is the largest province with Zheng surname, accounting for about 25% of the total population of Zheng surname in the country. The distribution in the country is mainly concentrated in Fujian, Henan, and Zhejiang provinces. These three provinces account for 50% of the total population with Zheng surname, followed by Jiangsu, Guangdong, Jiangxi, Hubei, etc. The distribution of the Zheng surname in China is mainly concentrated in the southeastern coast and Henan and Hubei areas.
During the Ming Dynasty, there were approximately 1.2 million people with the surname Zheng, accounting for approximately 1.21% of the country's population, ranking 15th. Zhejiang is the largest province with Zheng surname, accounting for about 25% of the total population with Zheng surname. The distribution across the country is still concentrated in Zhejiang, Jiangxi, and Fujian. The Zheng surname in these three provinces accounts for about 50% of the total population with the Zheng surname. Secondly, it is distributed in Guangdong, Guangxi, Jiangsu, Anhui, etc. The general distribution pattern of the Zheng surname in China has changed greatly. Its population mainly migrated to the southeast, and Zheng surname agglomeration areas centered in Zhejiang began to form.