First, take the place name as the surname.
According to the research of surnames, "there is a place name in summer, Qinhuai, and residents take the land as their surname." . "Qinhuai" is a place name, which was called in Xia Dynasty. Today, the area around wen county, Henan Province, is Qinhuai, and its performance is the bottom of Qinhuai land. There is a tribe named Qinhuai, and then it is called Qinhuai after the tribe. Later changed to Qin surname, called Qin.
Second, take the professional surname.
Qin Benyi is a wine-making jar with a plug or a pottery jar for holding wine. Because of the principle of brewing and the long-term holding of wine, it will give off the mellow fragrance of wine for a long time. Over time, the Qin clan was formed, taking this profession as the original totem of the clan, naming the clan and creating the clan emblem, and the Qin surname appeared.
Third, minority surnames.
According to "A Study of Surnames", there was an Emperor Qin tribe in Xia Dynasty, and the latter was changed to Qin.
Fourth, the names of Zhou Dynasty governors.
Tan's surname originated in the Spring and Autumn Period and was based on the country. The ancestors of the Tan family are descendants of ancient sages. After the sages were sealed, they were sealed in Tan State at the beginning of the Zhou Dynasty. After the extermination of Tan, Tan took refuge in Qin.
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Migration and distribution of Qin surname
After thousands of years of frequent migration, the general flow direction and trend can be summarized as: north, south and east, that is, from north to south, first east and then west. According to historical records, Qin genealogy records and word of mouth from all over the country, in addition to the above-mentioned several migrations, there are eight major migrations in the Yellow River Basin.
Qin's main population is concentrated in Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region and Xiangxi, Hunan Province, and Qin's family is distributed in 87 counties and cities in Guangxi.
China Personal Names Dictionary has collected 8 celebrities with Qin surname, accounting for 0.0 18% of the total number of celebrities, ranking 42nd1person among celebrity names. Qin famous doctors account for 0.0 1% of the total number of doctors in China, ranking 368th. Artists named Qin account for 0.0033% of the total number of artists in China.