My surname is Wei, which can be said to be Wei from Wei Xiaobao. The surname Wei can also be said that my surname is Wei, Wei Changhui's Wei, my surname is Wei, Wei Shihao's Wei. The birthplace of the surname Wei must be the ancient country of Weiwei in Huaxian County, Henan Province. Wei surnames across the country are mainly distributed in the Central Plains and the South, forming two major Wei surname gathering areas centered on Henan, Hubei, Anhui and Guangxi.
Basic information of the surname Wei
There are 169 celebrities with the surname Wei in the past, accounting for 0.37% of the total number of surnames, ranking 63rd among celebrity surnames. Famous writers named Wei account for 0.36% of the total number of writers in China's past dynasties, ranking tied for 63rd place.
The famous medical scientist surnamed Wei accounts for 0.11% of the total number of medical scientists in China's past dynasties, ranking tied for 124th place. Famous artists surnamed Wei account for 0.19% of the total number of Chinese artists of all dynasties, ranking 92nd.
According to the statistics of the top 300 surnames in China in 2006, the contemporary population with the surname Wei has reached 3.7 million, making it the 68th surname in the country, accounting for approximately 0.3% of the national population. . According to the top 400 surnames in China in 2013, the surname Wei ranked 66th. The distribution of people with the surname Wei in the country is currently mainly concentrated in Guangxi, accounting for about 76% of the total population with the surname Wei in the country.
Secondly, it is distributed in six provinces: Anhui, Guangdong, Guizhou, Jiangsu, Henan, and Yunnan, and contains another 14% of the population surnamed Wei. The whole country has formed a distribution situation with Guangxi as the center and gradually decreasing outwards. On February 8, 2021, the Ministry of Public Security released the ranking of the population of hundreds of surnames in 2020, and the surname Wei ranked 63rd.