Surname Overview
The Jia surname is an ancient surname with multiple ethnic and ancestral origins. It ranks outside the top 1,500 surnames in mainland China and 906th in Taiwan.。
Jia Surname
Population reference (not a current census): 306Jia / Jia
Origins
Multiple Origins
The Jia surname has multiple recorded origins, including descendants of Taijia of the Zi surname, the ancient Red Di Jia tribe, the Jia-dong Daju tribe of Jiaozhi, the Mongolian Altan Huyaq clan, and several Manchu clans.
The Taijia Line
The Zi-surname Jia lineage is traditionally traced to Taijia, a Shang king. His descendants used “Taijia” as their surname, later shortening it to the single surname Jia.
Migration and Distribution
Distribution
People bearing the Jia surname are distributed in Qinzhou and Beihai in Guangxi, Jinan, Yingping County and Feicheng in Shandong, Taiwan, and northern and central Vietnam.
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