Top 100 surnames ranking: 64
Origin: Yao's surname is a family name with a long history, which was formed in the 22nd century BC and now lives in the 64th place in China. There are two sources of Yao's surname: the earliest one started in Shun Di, taking the place name as the surname, and came from the south of Fanxian County in Henan Province and the north of Juancheng City in Shandong Province; The other branch was changed by Tian, formed in the Eastern Han Dynasty, and came from Suzhou, Jiangsu and Deqing, Zhejiang. During the Spring and Autumn Period, there was a doctor in the state of Zheng who looked like Yao. This is a character named Yao who appeared in history books earlier. Before the Jin Dynasty, Yao's surname had been transferred to today's Shanxi, Guangxi and Sichuan provinces. During the Sixteen Kingdoms period, Yao Pingyi, a native of Chiting, Nan 'an (now Longxi, Gansu), was the leader of the Qiang nationality, claiming that his ancestors were descendants of the emperor's wrist. He took refuge in the former Zhao and the later Zhao, and then went down to the Eastern Jin Dynasty to become a general and a great Khan. In 384, Yao Chang led the Qiang people to independence, and was known as the King of Qin for ten thousand years. Entering the north (governing the southeast of Yao County in Shaanxi Province), he proclaimed himself emperor in 386, with Chang 'an as his capital and Daqin as his title, which was called Houqin in history. 4 17 was destroyed by Emperor Wu of the Eastern Jin Dynasty. This is the only Yao regime in history. In the early Tang Dynasty, the historian Yao (now Zhejiang) wrote 50 volumes of Liang Shu and 30 volumes of Chen Shu. Yao Chong, a native of Shi Xia, Shaanxi Province (now south of Sanmenxia, Henan Province), served as prime minister of Wu Zetian, Zong Rui and Xuanzong, and was an outstanding saint. Yao Yan, a native of Tongchuan (now Santai, Sichuan), planned to organize a militia counterattack when the Yuan Army was trapped in Changzhou. After recovering the remnant state, Song Jun was appointed as Shousui, and held on for half a year, but he did not give up his sacrifice after the city was broken. In the Ming dynasty, there were princes, Yao, editor of Yongle ceremony, and Yao Shou, painter. In the Qing Dynasty, there were scholars Yao Jiheng, Yao, and Yao Zhifu, an essayist and leader of the peasant uprising army in Xiangyang, Hubei Province during Jiaqing period. It can be seen that Yao's surname is a celebrity's surname.