Sheng surname distribution and migration in history

The pre-qin period, sheng surname activity in hebei, shandong area in qin and han dynasties, the family has formed in jiangsu province in the land of the ancient wu sheng surname.

Song dynasty, sheng is less than 60000 population, accounts for about 0.08% of the population, ranked 160th.Sheng surname is mainly distributed in zhejiang, hunan, henan, hubei, jiangxi, anhui, jiangsu, etc.Zhejiang province is the first big province of sheng surname, accounts for about 29% of sheng surname population.

During the Ming dynasty, sheng is about 170000, accounts for about 0.18% of the population, broke into hundreds of most popular during the Ming dynasty in the first nine jiangsu, zhejiang, shaanxi sheng surname relatively concentrated area, three provinces accounts for roughly name is 79% of the total population.Its south, anhui, hubei, shandong, etc.For sheng surname first in jiangsu province, representing about sheng is 43% of the total population.The country basically formed with the center of jiangsu and zhejiang sheng surname distribution area.