Zou's current situation

The distribution of Zou surname in China is mainly concentrated in Jiangxi, Hubei and Hunan provinces, accounting for about 38% of the total population of Zou surname in China.

Secondly, it is distributed in Sichuan, Guangdong, Fujian, Jiangsu, Chongqing, Jilin and Guizhou, and the Zou surname in seven provinces is concentrated at 37%. Jiangxi is the largest province with Zou surname, accounting for about 14% of the total population of Zou surname in China. Zou's gathering area centered on Jiangxi, Hubei and Hunan has been formed throughout the country.

Zou, one of the surnames in China, ranks 67th among surnames in China today. There are many origins, one of which originated from Yao surname, Zou's Yao surname: Yao surname. Shun is good at divination and prophecy, also known as Yao Shun. The descendant of Jian Yao established Zou, the earliest vassal state of Zou and Yin (Shang). Name code "surname": "Zou Guo, Shunhou, Yao surname."

In the early years of the Western Zhou Dynasty, the descendants of Wei Zhong, the brother of Wei, took the city as their surname (according to experts' research, Zou's family accounts for 80% of Zou's family today, followed by Zou's Cao Shi, and no genealogy has been found in other aspects).

Ethnicity

Originated from Yao surname, Zou:, Yao surname. Shun is good at divination and prophecy, also known as Yao Shun. Yao Di is probably in Pucheng Town in the east of Puyang, Henan Province. Yao, a descendant of Yao, founded Zou State, which was the earliest Zou State. Look at Shun culture and Yu Shun culture. Ming Dynasty name code "surname": Zou Guo, Shunhou, Yao surname.

It is a vassal state of Yin (Shang Dynasty), and the ancient city of Zouguo is in ancient Zoucheng, southeast of Zoucheng, Shandong. At the beginning of the Spring and Autumn Period, the State of Zou was seized by the Cao surname Zou, and was forced to move to Zoupingnan, Shandong Province, and was later destroyed by the State of Qi. Later generations took the country as their surname, and Zou's surname was Yao's, which has a history of at least 3,500 years and is the earliest Zou's.