1, from Michaelis, took the fief as the surname after the ancestor. According to the records of Custom Yi Tong, Zuo Zhuan and Tongzhi. A brief introduction to clan. Taking the city as the surname, during the Spring and Autumn Period, Barber, a doctor of the State of Chu, was killed for his crime, and his son Huang Wenbin fled to Jinzhou, where he was treated by the King of Jin and sealed in Miao Di, so he was also called Miao Huang Wenbin.

Miao Benhuang also made a lot of efforts for the State of Jin. One year, the State of Jin and the State of Chu fought in Yanling. The Chu army was strong, and the soldiers of the Jin army were afraid of war. Huang Wenbin told the Jin army, "The elite troops of Chu are all in the army of China. As long as you attack the left and right armies first, and then attack the China army with victory, you can defeat the Chu army. "

8 jin j took his advice and won. 8 jin j values him more. His descendants took the place name as their surname and called Miao. Therefore, some people think that Huang Wenbin is the ancestor of Miao surname.

2. The surname of Hui and Miao people comes from the surname of Zhu Yuanzhang, the emperor of Ming Dynasty. According to the genealogy of Chi Jia in Saidian, "King Xianyang ordered the two summers to be settled, and the victorious soldiers were stationed in Ningxia, Weinan and other places, and all the soldiers recruited were protected in Hami. Take the first name as the surname. Jinling, Dingding, Ming Taizu was given ten surnames: Yueshan, Yuezhe, Bai Yue and Yuemiao. Miao surnames are mainly distributed in the coastal areas of Hainan and Qinghai.

Miao's surname did not enter the top 100 in Chinese mainland and Taiwan Province province. Jiyuan County, Henan Province is the birthplace of Miao surname, which is named after its location in the water source. Jiyuan County was called Miao Yi in ancient times, and the surname of Miao nationality accounts for 1.66% of the county population, with about 9,000 people.