In the early qin period, Hou Xing active in southern henan, shandong, shanxi jin.Qin and han dynasties, due to the central plainsThe warFrequently, Hou Shi moved north hebei, shanxi, west gansu, ningxia.Jin and southern and northern dynasties, the central plains the amplification Hou Xing of xianbei ethnic minority group, Inner Mongolia, liaoning region Hou Xing increases.At the same time, the northwest Hou Xing, crossed the qinling into sichuan, guizhou, hunan, guangdong, the central plains and the shandong Hou Xing south anhui, jiangsu region.By the tang and song dynasties, Hou Xing have appeared in jiangxi, zhejiang, fujian, guangxi and other places.The Ming dynasty yongle Hou Xing into Taiwan.

Song dynasty period, Hou Xing is about more than 340000 people, accounting for about 0.45% of the population, in any place.Hou Xing is the first big province of shanxi, accounting for Hou Xing 34% of the total population of the country.In the national distribution mainly concentrates in shanxi, henan, hunan, shanxi, the four provinces Hou Xing accounts for roughly 74% of Hou Xing population, second distribution in shandong, sichuan, the two provinces Hou Xing and concentration of 14%.The formation of the northern Qin Jin lu yu, southern hunan, sichuan and two Hou Xing population accumulation zones.

During the Ming dynasty, Hou Xing is about more than 260000 people, accounting for about 0.28% of the population, ranked seventy-seventh.Pure reflecting the 600 national population growth rate is 20%, Hou Xing negative population growth, net 80000.In the face of war and slaughter, vulnerable groups in the first place should be the main body in the north of the crowd, Hou Xing surname is the northern region, the natural suffered losses.For Hou Xing first big province of shaanxi, accounts for about 17.6% of Hou Xing population.Nationwide distribution mainly concentrates in shaanxi, shanxi, zhejiang, three provinces in the Hou Xing accounts for roughly 44% of Hou Xing population, second distribution in shandong, henan, gansu, jiangsu, hebei, Hou Xing again in the five provinces of the concentration of 33%.Upon more than 600 years, the distribution of Hou Xing total pattern change is bigger, its population is mainly composed of north southeast and western migration.Across the country to form the northern Qin Jin lu yu, southeast jiangsu two large Hou Xing populated areas.