From the Han Dynasty to the Tang Dynasty, Meng's family has been distributed in North China, Central Plains, Northwest China, Jiangsu, Zhejiang, Sichuan, Hubei and other places, but the main activities are still in Hebei and Shandong. After the Tang Dynasty, because the northern foreigners occupied the Central Plains, the regime changed frequently, and several large-scale southward movements took place, and Meng's surname also spread rapidly in Jiangnan.
In the Song Dynasty, there were about 330,000 people surnamed Meng, accounting for 0.33% of the national population, ranking 55th. The largest province of Meng surname is Hebei, accounting for about 30% of the total population of Meng surname in China. Meng surname is mainly distributed in Hebei, Shandong and Sichuan, accounting for 54% of the total population of Meng surname. Secondly, it is distributed in Hubei, Jiangxi, Anhui and Henan provinces. There are two gathering places of Meng surname in China: Luji and Sichuan and Hubei.
During the Ming Dynasty, there were about 220,000 people surnamed Meng, accounting for 0.22% of the national population, and it was the 89th surname in the Ming Dynasty. In the past 600 years, the net population growth rate was 20%, while the population growth rate in Bangladesh was negative. In the face of war and massacre, the victims should be the people whose main body is in the north, and Meng's surname is the surname of the north, which naturally suffered a serious impact. The distribution of Meng surname in China is mainly concentrated in Shandong, Shanxi and Hebei, accounting for 58.7% of the total population of Meng surname. Secondly, it is distributed in Zhejiang and Shaanxi provinces.
Extended data surname fame:
1, Warring States Period: Mencius (the sage of Everbright Confucian theory of benevolent government), whose real name was Monk, was born in Zouguo (now Zoucheng, Shandong Province), a thinker in the Warring States Period and a representative figure of Confucianism. During the Warring States period, there was also Meng Sheng, a giant of Mohism, and Meng Zhi, a warrior who was said to be able to "pull out the horn".
2. Han Dynasty: Is there a pioneer of "Montessori" in the Western Han Dynasty? Meng Xi. In the Eastern Han Dynasty, there was a Meng Guang who was "cited" as her husband.
3. Three Kingdoms: Meng Zong, the mother of Wu, is the most filial, "crying bamboo shoots". Shu has Meng Da (? -228), the word amethyst, because Liu Bei's uncle called Liu Zijing, changed the word Du Zi to taboo [note]. Fufeng (now southeast of Xingping, Shaanxi) was a figure in the Three Kingdoms period. Originally a subordinate of Liu Zhang, he was later transferred to Liu Bei. During the surprise attack on Jingzhou, Liu Bei became angry because he didn't send troops to save Guan Yu, so he went to Cao Wei. After that, he wanted to fight Cao Wei and return to Shu Han, but he failed and died.
4. Tang Dynasty: Famous poets Meng Haoran, Meng Yunqing and Meng Jiao, whose poems are well-known. And Meng Jian, a hydraulic scientist.