Deng"s Origin and History
The surname Deng ranks 34th among Chinese surnames.It originates from the surname Man, and originated from the state of Deng (now Dengzhou, Henan), the fief of Shang Wang Wuding to his uncle Manji, and belongs to the surname of the country..Today, the population of Deng has reached more than 7.3 million, making it the 28th most common surname in the country, accounting for about 0.58% of the national population, mainly distributed in Guangdong, Sichuan and Hunan provinces.
The distribution of contemporary Deng surnames
In today"s era, the distribution of Deng surnames in the country is currently mainly concentrated in Guangdong, Sichuan and Hunan provinces, accounting for about 51% of the total population of Deng surnames; Secondly, they are distributed in Hubei, Chongqing, Guangxi and Jiangxi, accounting for about 24% of the total population surnamed Deng.Guangdong is the largest province with the surname of Deng in contemporary times, and 20% of the total population of the surname Deng lives there.Guangdong, Guixiang and Sichuan and Chongqing have become the two main gathering areas of Deng"s surname.
The historical origin of the surname Deng
From the surname Si (the ancestor of Xia, Dayu, was the surname Si)
It is said that Emperor Zhong during the Xia Dynasty Kang You"s descendants were enfeoffed in the Deng State (now in the area of Dengzhou, Henan), and the descendants of Deng Jun took the country as their clan, and were called Deng clan.
From the surname of Zi (the ancestor of the Shang family is the surname of Zi) or the surname of Man
Wu Ding, King of Shang, conferred his uncle (Man Ji) on Deng Guomancheng, called Manhou, was called Manshi, and Manshi was later renamed Dengguo (now southwest of Mengxian County, Henan Province), which lasted for more than 600 years through the Western Zhou Dynasty and the Spring and Autumn Period.During the Western Zhou Dynasty, the Deng State was an important surnamed hou state in the southern part of the Zhou Dynasty, but because it was an enemy of Chu, it was destroyed by the Chu State in 678 BC.In order to commemorate their homeland, the descendants of Deng Hou changed their surnames to Deng, and the surname of Deng was called Zhengzong in history.
From Li Clan
Li Congyi, the eighth son of Li Yu, the queen of the Southern Tang Dynasty during the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms period, was named King Deng.After the Southern Tang Dynasty was destroyed by the Northern Song Dynasty in 975 AD, Emperor Taizong of Song ordered the arrest of the Southern Tang clan.
Derived from other ethnic minorities
In today"s Zhuang, Hani, Tujia and other ethnic minorities, there are Deng clan people, most of which are from the Deng clan.During the Tang, Song, Yuan, Ming, and Qing dynasties, the central government implemented the policy of restraining Mi and the movement of reforming the land and returning to the stream, and the stream was changed to the Han surname Deng, which has been passed down from generation to generation.
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