Surname Overview
Surname status
The page explicitly treats Biao (彪) as a surname and describes it as an old surname group with multiple ethnic and genealogical origins; it therefore should not be assumed that every bearer is Han Chinese.
彪 Surname
Population reference (not a current census): 30Origins
Manchu Sinicized-surname account
According to the page's citation of Qingchao Tongzhi, the Chinese surnames adopted after the mid-Qing period by the Manchu Hurha clan and related forms included Biao; Biao is also listed among the adopted Chinese surnames of the Giorca clan. This remains the page's secondary report of that work.
Commanderies and Clan Halls
Choronyms and hall names
The page lists Qi Commandery and Junzhou as choronyms and says Qijun Hall was also called Linzi Hall or Qingzhou Hall, while Junzhou Hall was also called Wudang Hall. Another compiled passage on the same page instead lists Qi and Ji commanderies, so the listings are not fully consistent.
Notable People
Recorded bearers
The page's list of surname bearers names Biao Hou, described as an official of Wey in the Spring and Autumn period, and Biao Tang of You County, Hunan, described as magistrate of Xinning County during the Hongzhi era of the Ming. The supplied material does not connect them in a shared lineage.
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