There are three sheng surname origin:

One's to face, the founder of the zhou dynasty yan (called the male Shi.Called (now shaanxi zones Shi by sealing in southwest), so called male is also known as or called ".Called the male help ji fa shang completely, and blocked yu yan.Called the offspring of male Shi went to the ancestral name surname, become Shi surname.Taboo in the western han dynasty emperor, because from the emperor (emperor liu Shi), just change Shi's for all.

Secondly, from ji to name for the surname.After ji fa shang completely, packet to sharing many vassal states, including ShengGuo.ShengGuo in southern shandong taian area today.In the spring and autumn ShengGuo was qi, hence the surname name for future generations, called the shengshi group.

Three is the surname of ethnic minorities.Full state eight banners in the qing dynasty name ShengJiaShi, change of Chinese surname for all.