Jiao / Jiao
The Jiao surname is traced back at least to Ji Jiaofu, a senior official of Jin during the Spring and Autumn period. It ranks approximately around 500th among surnames in mainland China and is mainly distributed in Shandong, Jiangsu, and the three northeastern provinces.
One branch of the Jiao surname derives from the Ji surname and descends from Jiaofu, a senior official of Jin during the Spring and Autumn period, adopting an ancestor's name as its surname. This branch is pronounced jiǎo, and most members regard Jiaofu as the founding ancestor of the surname.
The Fengsu Tongyi records that the surname was descended from Jiaofu, a senior official of Jin in the Spring and Autumn period. The Shiji, in its biography of Confucius' disciples, records “Jiangdong man Jiao Ziyong Ci” and notes that Jiao is pronounced qiao.
The Jiao surname regards Fufeng in Shaanxi as its commandery of prominence. Fufeng Commandery underwent changes in its jurisdiction and seat during the Zhou, Han, Three Kingdoms, Western Jin, Northern and Southern Dynasties, Sui, and Tang periods.
The Jiao surname has substantial distributions in Qingdao, Yantai, and Dezhou in Shandong; Suzhou in Jiangsu; and Zhuanghe in Dalian, Dehui and Jilin City in Jilin, and Qiqihar in Heilongjiang. The branch at Yuhuangmiao in Wucheng County descends from a migration from Jiao Jiazhuang in Laiyang County in the seventh year of the Yongle era.
A one-volume Jiao family genealogy from Wafangdian, Liaoning, records that the founding migrants, brothers Wanzhen and Wanling, moved in the twentieth year of the Qianlong era from Chuiliu Village in Ninghai Prefecture, Shandong, to Jiajiagou in the northeastern area of Fuzhou, Fengtian. Their descendants later lived in Jiajiagou, Jiajia窑, Huangjia Wopu, and Xiaofang Village.
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