Dai's family originated from Song State, a descendant of Shang Dynasty, and posthumous title Zhou Song State, taking posthumous title as his surname. According to historical records, after the "rebellion of Guan, Cai and Huo" was put down, Li Wei (son's surname) was the younger brother of the old capital of Song State (now Shangqiu, Henan).

After Wei's death, his younger brother Zhong Yansi became the Duke of Song. The eleventh monarch, who was passed on to Song State, was posthumously awarded as Dai Gong. Dai Songgong's eldest son (Song Wugong) succeeded to the throne, and the other sons of the Duke took his posthumous title "Dai" as their surname, forming the Dai family.

Fahrenheit, honest man and Huangshi, which were in power in the Song Dynasty, were collectively called Dai's. In September of the eighth year of Zhao Gong (534 BC), Zuo Zhuan recorded "Dai Song's evil society", and Dai's evil should be the descendants of other unnamed Dai Gongzi.

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Migration distribution

In the Song Dynasty, there were about 1 100000 people surnamed Dai, accounting for 0. 15% of the national population, ranking the hundredth. Seven people. Zhejiang is the largest province with Dai surname, accounting for about 35% of the total population of Dai surname in China.

The distribution in China is mainly concentrated in Zhejiang and Jiangxi, and the Dai people account for 47% of the total population, followed by Hunan, Jiangsu, Shandong, Henan and Hubei provinces. The whole country spread westward and northward with Zhejiang as the center, forming a population gathering area of Dai surname connecting Zhejiang, Jiangxi, Hunan, Hubei, Jiangsu, Henan and Shandong provinces.

During the Ming Dynasty, there were about 370,000 Dai surnames, accounting for 0.4% of the national population. Dai was the sixty-fifth surname in the Ming Dynasty. Zhejiang is still the largest province with Dai surname, accounting for about 28% of the total population of Dai surname. The distribution in China is still mainly concentrated in Zhejiang and Jiangxi, with the Dai people accounting for 46% of the total population, followed by Jiangsu, Shandong, Anhui, Hubei and Fujian provinces.

With a population of nearly 4.7 million, Dai is the 54th surname in China, accounting for about 0.39% of the national population. Since the Song Dynasty, the growth rate of Dai population has been on the rise during the period of 1000. The distribution in China is mainly concentrated in Anhui, Hubei and Jiangsu provinces, accounting for about 34% of the total population of the Dai people.

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