Luoyang, Henan, Wuxing County, Zhejiang
The surname Qiu (Qiu) is the 77th most common surname in China today. It has a large population, about Accounting for 0.27% of the country's Han population.
The origin of "Qiu"
1. Derived from the surname Jiang, he is a descendant of Jiang Taigong. In the early years of the Western Zhou Dynasty, Taishi Lu Shang (surnamed Jiang, family name Lu, famous) was granted the title of Qi Taigong because he assisted King Wu in destroying the Shang Dynasty. Commonly known as Jiang Taigong. Some of his descendants took the land as their surname, and they were called the Qiu family. 2. Comes from the surname Jiang, a descendant of Jiang Taigong. Due to his meritorious service, one of his sons was given the surname Qiu. 3. Comes from the surname Si. During the reign of Xia Emperor Shaokang, his youngest son Qu Lie was granted the title of Yu (now north of Zhecheng County, Henan Province). By the time of King Ling of Zhou, he was destroyed by the Ju Kingdom. His descendants went to the city and became the Zeng family. Among the subsequent branches, there were Qiu Wei's family. This is what Zeng and Qiu Lianzong said. 4. It comes from the surname Gui, with Di as the surname. In the Spring and Autumn Period, there was Wanqiu in the Chen State (the founding monarch was Hu Gongman), and there was a weak hill in the Zhu State (it is said to have been built by a descendant of Zhuanxu, with the surname Cao), and the residents all took "Qiu" as their surname. 5. Changed surname from another clan. "Book of the Later Han? Biography of Wuhuan" records that Wuhuan has the Qiu family, for example, the Wuhuan ethnic minority in the Han Dynasty has the Qiu family. During the Northern and Southern Dynasties, after Emperor Xiaowen of the Northern Wei Dynasty moved the capital to Luoyang, "Book of Wei. Official Records" records that the Xianbei people's compound surnames Qiulin and Qiu Dun were changed to the single surname Qiu in Chinese characters.
Migration distribution
In the pre-Qin period, the areas where Qiu (Qiu) was active were mainly in Shandong, and then moved westward Shaanxi region. During the Qin and Han Dynasties, the Qiu (Qiu) surname moved south to the Jianghuai area, and the branch that settled in Shaoxing, Zhejiang developed the fastest. In the Southern and Northern Dynasties, the famous Wuxing Qiu family was formed. The main body of the Qiu (Qiu) surname has moved in from the Central Plains and the north. Jiangnan. By the Tang and Song Dynasties, the surname Qiu (Qiu) was distributed in North China, Central Plains, Sichuan and other places. By the Song Dynasty, the surname Qiu (Qiu) had become a common surname in Jiangsu, Zhejiang and central Fujian, and was widely distributed throughout the south. Entering Taiwan in the early Qing Dynasty, it has now become a famous surname in Taiwan. At the end of the Qing Dynasty and the beginning of the Republic of China, the Qiu surname in the south first proposed to restore the Qiu surname. In this way, there are both Qiu and Qiu surnames among contemporary Chinese, but most still use Qiu as their surname. The contemporary population with the surname Qiu (Qiu) is nearly 3.8 million, making it the 65th surname in the country, accounting for approximately 0.3% of the national population.