There are three sources of Zhao's surname, namely, winning, giving the surname by the emperor or changing the surname.
First, Zhao's surname comes from the won surname, which is because he gave his son-in-law Boyi a "won" surname.
Second, when Zhou Chuan arrived, the grandson of Zaofu VII took Zhou away and seized the state of Jin.
Third, the emperor gave or changed the surname of a foreigner. Xiongnu, Jurchen, Tangut, Xianbei, etc. Be given the surname Zhao.
Population distribution of Zhao surname
Zhao surname is widely distributed, but it is not balanced. Zhao is one of the common surnames in northern China. The areas with the highest density of Zhao surname per unit area are in Shandong Peninsula and Huaihe River Basin, with a population of more than 7.5 people per square kilometer, and some areas exceed 1 1. Secondly, in Henan, Hebei, Northeast China, northern Anhui, northern Jiangsu, central Shaanxi and northern Sichuan, the population of Zhao has reached more than 6 people per square kilometer.
Zhao's historical celebrity
Zhao Yun: During the Three Kingdoms period, the general of Shu was one of the "Five Tiger Generals". Originally a general of the later Zhou Dynasty, Chen Qiao mutiny replaced Zhou as the emperor and established the Song Dynasty for 320 years, which made Zhao's family reputation reach its most glorious period. Zhao: A famous calligrapher in the Northern Zhou Dynasty, he was good at opening letters and official scripts. At that time, there were many inscriptions, and he was ordered to compile a six-body calligraphy dictionary in the Western Wei Dynasty. Zhao: One of the Eight Schools of Xiling in Qing Dynasty. Zhao Zhilian, an outstanding painter and seal engraver in Qing Dynasty. His books, paintings and seal cutting have a certain influence on later generations. Together with Ren Bonian and Wu Changshuo, they are also called "the three great painters of the late Qing Dynasty". Zhao Yi, a historian and writer in Ming Dynasty. He is good at history, and his poems are as famous as Yuan Mei and Jiang Shiquan, and he is also called "Three Masters of Jiangyou" or "Three Masters of Qianlong".