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The origin and history of Luo surname

1, from Jiang's surname, from Luo, the son of Qi, with his ancestral name; 2. Zhou Tan, the grandson of Zhou Dunyi, a philosopher in the Northern Song Dynasty, comes from Ji's surname. In addition, in the Spring and Autumn Period, Dr. Wang Sunluo of the State of Zheng was named after his ancestors. 3. Zhao, the great-grandson of Elei, the minister of Shang Dynasty, is the ancestral name; 4. Originated from an official position and abandoned within two weeks, it is an official title.

5. Originated from Xianbei people, the Xianbei Barrow people in the Northern and Southern Dynasties belonged to the Han nationality and changed their surnames to surname; 6. The Jurchen nationality in the Jin Dynasty originated from the Jurchen nationality, which belonged to sinicization and changed its surname to surname; 7. It originated from the change of Manchu Han surname.

Luo is the surname of 132 in China, with a large population, accounting for about 0. 1% of the Han population in China. Luo surname comes from Huiji, and the world is rare and yellow.

According to historical records, it may be a descendant of the king; King Yu Xia is the grandson of Luo Ming, the third son of the Yellow Emperor. "Shan Hai Jing Hai Nei Jing" records: "Huang Di gave birth to Luo Ming, Luo Ming gave birth to a white horse, and the white horse was used as a gun." Gun is also Yu's father, so it can be seen that he is the son of Huangdi, the ancestor of Chinese culture.

Luo family is a multi-ethnic and multi-source ancient surname group, ranking132nd among the hundreds of surnames today, and Taiwan Province Province ranks 68th, with a population of about1459,000, accounting for about 0. 13% of the total population in China, with Henan, Huiji, Neihuang, Luoyang and Liaodong as the most important.