There are many people surnamed Wang in our daily life, and several of my neighbors are surnamed Wang. So how did Wang come from? With these questions, I studied the history and present situation of wang xing, that is, which celebrities were surnamed Wang in history, and whether it is the most populous surname in China at present.

Second, research methods:

1. Find the picture.

2. Network search.

Consult others.

4. Other methods.

Third, data collation.

The origin of the surname "Wang";

From the surname of Ji, the prince angered the king by speaking out, was abolished as Shu Ren, and moved to Langya, where he thrived for generations. Judging from the Gui family, after Yu Shun, the ancient emperor lived in Beihai and Chenliu, and was born in because of the descendants of the ancient king. From ethnic minorities, according to the genealogy, it is Lu surnamed Wang, and later called Wang.

1. Wang Xing ranked eighth in the Song version of Hundred Family Names. It is a typical multi-ethnic and multi-source surname, which mainly comes from the simplification of Ji surname, Ya surname and Gui surname and the change of minority surnames. In the Eastern Zhou Dynasty, Ji Jin was the ancestor of Wang Xing. Wang Xing is mainly distributed in Shaanxi, Shandong, Henan, Shaanxi, Gansu, Jiangsu, Hebei, Sichuan and Liaoning. By the end of 20 15, Wang Xing ranked first in China, accounting for 7.4 1% of the Han population in China. Wang Xing accounts for about 8.8% of the Han population, ranking 1 in the north, while in the south, Wang Xing only accounts for 4.5% of the Han population, ranking fourth.

2. The surname is unified by the place where the ancestors took the exam; Historical people are not divided by their descendants; "Surname, a symbol of family blood also. According to textual research, the ancient surname of China originated from totem worship and was a clan emblem or symbol. The original source of ancient surnames in China is primitive religious worship, totem worship and ancestor worship based on "Heaven". Primitive totem worship is the root of China's ancient surnames. A large number of ancient documents support this view.

3. Hundred Surnames is a work about China's surname. According to documents, it was written in the early years of the Northern Song Dynasty. The original surname was 4 1 1, which was later supplemented to 504, including 444 single surnames and 60 compound surnames. "Hundred Surnames" uses four fonts to arrange surnames, and the sentences rhyme. Although its content is not artistic, it has played a great role in the inheritance of China surname culture and the understanding of China characters, which is also an important factor for its spread for thousands of years. Hundreds of surnames, together with San and Qian, are also called "three thousand", which is an enlightenment book for children in ancient China. "Qiansun" became the top four among hundreds of surnames because hundreds of surnames were formed in the Song Dynasty, so Emperor Zhao, Wang Qian Chu, Princess and ruler Li of Southern Tang Dynasty became the top four.

Wang xing celebrities:

Wang Anshi: a politician, writer, thinker and reformer in the Northern Song Dynasty in China.

Wang Zhaojun: Ni Ming, whose real name is Zhaojun, is a wild goose and one of the four beauties in ancient China. In order to avoid taboo, she was called "Fei Ming" in Jin Dynasty and a maid-in-waiting in Han and Yuan Dynasties.

Wang Wei: The word "Mosha" is called "Mosha layman". Poets and painters in Tang Dynasty.

Status: In the latest population ranking of 100 surnames in 20021,Wang, Li, Zhang, Liu and Chen are still in the top five, accounting for 30.8% of the total registered population in China.

Four. Research conclusion

1. The supreme ruler of the ancient Xia, Shang and Zhou Dynasties was called "Wang". As a surname, "Wang" comes from the supreme position of "Wang"; Ji Jin in the Eastern Zhou Dynasty was the ancestor of Wang Xing.

There are many celebrities in Wang Xing's history, including four beauties, Wang Zhaojun, and two famous poets, Wang Wei and Wang Anshi.

3.202 1 The latest hundred surnames, Wang Xing still ranks first, and the population of Wang Xing is about10.2 million.