Surname Overview
Da (Dá, written as 逹 in the traditional form) is a Chinese surname with multiple origins.
Da Surname
Population reference (not a current census): 105,252Da / Ta
Origins
Principal Origins
The origins of the Da surname include the Ji-surname Gaoyang clan, Hui people, descendants of the Ming dynasty northwestern general Da Yun, descendants of the Mongolian Tashimanchá, the Manchu Ulingda clan, the Daur Daltau clan, other ethnic minorities, and the Da lineage of Wugang in Hunan.
Historical Records
Attestation in the Hundred Surnames
When the Hundred Surnames was compiled by an old Confucian scholar from Qiantang in the early Northern Song, it included 486 surnames, but Da was not among them; in Taiwan, it ranks 483rd.
Commanderies and Clan Halls
Commandery Prestige
The Da surname commonly takes Dai Commandery as its commandery of prestige.
Migration and Distribution
Distribution and Migration
The Da surname is distributed in Beijing, Shanghai, Jiangsu, Wugang in Hunan, Sichuan, Guangdong, Shenzhen, the northwestern provinces, and Luhe District of Nanjing, Jiangsu, among other places.
Genealogy and Generation Names
The Wugang Branch in Hunan
The Da lineage of Wugang in Hunan has continued for six centuries through migration and development since the second year of the Yongle era of the Ming dynasty, and is distributed across multiple regions.
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