The ancestor of Chinese surnames is Ding. Yan Di Shennong, the son of Shaodian, took Jiang as his surname because he lived along the coast. The descendants of Jiang experienced Xia and Shang dynasties, and they came into being at the end of the week. In the early years of the Western Zhou Dynasty, he was appointed as Zhou Taishi, and was awarded the title of Qi (now Lubei and Yudong) because of his meritorious service in helping to destroy the business. The eldest son Ji,, as etiquette, posthumous title qi. Later generations took posthumous title as their surname, called him and respected Ding as their ancestors.
Shi Ding is a typical multi-ethnic and multi-origin surname group in China. At present, Ding ranks 48th among the surnames in China, and is one of the super surnames, with a population of about 5.784 million, accounting for 0.36% of the national population.
Ding clan people are mainly distributed in today's Jiangsu, Fujian, Hunan, Hubei, Anhui, Shandong, Jiangxi, Zhejiang, Guizhou, Jilin, Liaoning and other provinces. The Ding clan people in this 1 1 province account for more than 70% of the population of Shi Ding, China.