Brief introduction of Ouyang surname

Introduction of Ouyang surname

1. Ouyang surname is one of the surnames in China, the first of many surnames in Han Dynasty. Ouyang's surname can be traced back to the Xia Dynasty. Ouyang's surname comes from Si's surname. Si Shaokang, the emperor of Xia Dynasty, gave him his commoner son Wu Yu in Huiji. Wu Jiang, the King of Yue, was destroyed by Chu. Wujiang Ziti was named Eurasian Yang Shan in Wucheng (formerly known as Yang Shan in Shannan). His name is Ouyang Houting, so he takes Ouyang Houting as his surname. All his descendants have surnames? Ouyang? .

2. Ouyang surnamed Bohai. In the Song Dynasty, there were more than 220,000 Ouyang surnames, accounting for 0.29% of the national population, ranking 69th, one of the hundred surnames, ranking fourth among the hundred surnames in the Song Dynasty, and ranking first in the total population. According to the China 300 Surnames (Middle) in 2006, there are about 880,000 contemporary Ouyang families, accounting for 0.07% of the national population, ranking 149 in the whole country. At present, the distribution in China is mainly concentrated in Hunan, Guangdong and Jiangxi, accounting for about 80% of the total population of Ouyang. Secondly, it is distributed in Henan, Shaanxi, Sichuan, Hubei and other places. Hunan is the largest province with Ouyang surname, and the population of Ouyang surname accounts for 43% of the national population. A cluster of Ouyang surnames with Hunan as the center has been formed all over the country.

3. The important Ouyang surnames in history are: Ouyang Yao, king of the Eastern Yue Dynasty, and Ouyang Sheng, a doctor of the Western Han Dynasty; In the Eastern Han Dynasty, Runa was the satrap of Ouyang. Tang Dynasty calligrapher Ou Yangxun; After the Five Dynasties, Shu people Ouyang Zhuang, minister Zuo Cheng, general Ning seasonal Ouyang Bin, doctor Ouyang Zhan; Ouyang Xiu, a writer and historian in the Northern Song Dynasty; Ouyang Xuan, President of Song, Liao and Jin Dynasties in Yuan Dynasty; Ouyang Chong was the right capital of Ming Dynasty.