What is the origin and origin of Zou surname?

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.

Migration distribution:

Zou is a surname with multiple origins, and there are two main sources that can be verified. Ranked 60th in today's surname list, it belongs to the big surname series, with a population of about 4.5 million, accounting for about 0.45% of the total population of China. The birthplace of Zou surname should be Zoucheng, Shandong.

In the pre-Qin period, Zou's activities were mainly in Shandong. After Qin and Han Dynasties, Zou quickly moved to Henan and Hubei.

During the Three Kingdoms and the Jin Dynasty, Zou Dongdu crossed Shaanxi and crossed the river to Hunan, Zhejiang, Jiangxi and Anhui.

During the Wei, Jin, Southern and Northern Dynasties, fires raged in the north. It is said that Zou, who was born in Fanyang area in ancient times, was the first to suffer. Together with other northern gentry, they also went south to avoid disaster in the areas of Jiangsu and Zhejiang, and then dispersed in Fujian and Guangdong.