Jiang is one of the hundred surnames in China. According to Yuan He's compilation, Jiang's surname originated from Ji's surname and came from the Zhou royal family. Zhou Gongdan's third son, Jiang Boling, took Jiang Guo (now Huaibin County, Henan Province) as his surname.
Jiang is an ancient, multi-ethnic and multi-source surname. In the Song Dynasty, there were more than 260,000 people surnamed Jiang, accounting for 0.34% of the national population, ranking 6 1. Jiangsu is the largest province with Jiang surname, accounting for about 22.6% of the total population of Jiang surname in China. In the Ming Dynasty, there were about 490,000 people surnamed Jiang, accounting for 0.53% of the national population, ranking 43rd. Jiangsu is still the largest province with Jiang surname, accounting for 23.2% of the total population of Jiang surname.
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Jiang Boling, Zhou Wuwang and Ji Fa destroyed the dissolute Shang Zhouwang and established the Zhou Dynasty. They died shortly after their reign and were succeeded by Zhou Chengwang. As a young king, he was regent of Zhou Gongdan. Zhou Gongdan helped King Cheng put down the rebellion of Wu Geng, the son of Shang Zhouwang, and the foreigners in the east, determined the patriarchal clan system, established laws and regulations, and constantly enfeoffed governors with the same surname.
Among them, his third son, Bo Ling, was sealed in Di Jiang (now Si Qi Town, Huaibin County, Henan Province, originally Jiang Ji in the northeast of Gushi County, Henan Province, said to be Guangshan County, Henan Province), and was known as Jumbo in the world. In 6 17 BC, Jiang Guo was destroyed by Chu, and later generations took the country name as their surname, and respected Jiang Boling as the ancestor of Jiang.