Child is ancient and multi-ethnic surname, Chinese descendants to the dragon, phoenix and more, in the name list, ranked eightieth child, belongs to the most popular series, more than a population of about three million four hundred and forty-six thousand, about 0.22% of the population.

Child home for henan, shanxi, hubei.Has a wide distribution due to the authentication of the tribe of the children of more, so, this characteristic makes the child quickly spread to regional extension.

About in the han dynasty, gansu, hubei, hunan ShengJing and shanxi, hebei, henan, shandong province, is a child three centers of reproduction.In this period, shu (now sichuan) have a child the incomers, and migrating south to guizhou, after the formation of the big four surnames (one of the dragon, fu, Yin, dong).Wei, jin, northern and southern dynasties, the central plains child to avoid conflict and migrating south, prompted the southern child population growth, the migration momentum for development of jiangnan child later sheng in the northern laid a solid foundation.According to history books "the history of the north" records: "king and the king, yanqi child."Yanqi countries for the western country, dominated by the dragon will, has defeated king of qiuci, at that time the green ridge east, all rate, his son Long Xi reign, surrendered after cool, send the son into the shi, gradually in harmony with the han nationality.Tang and song dynasties, eight of the dragon, the emirates all child, divided into ofthe dragon, appease company, after a dragon pit, GuLong, dragon long lawsuit, enron object.

During the song and yuan dynasties, the child appeared in the history of the second large-scale migrating south, prompting the south authentication is significantly more people than the north.Ming and qing period, the development of all branches of the "dragon's" become the "dragon", gradually and han, dong, and water, the harmony of all nationalities.