Surname Overview
A Rare Surname
Jiao is a relatively rare surname in current use.
jiǎo Surname
Population reference (not a current census): 11jiǎo
Origins
Descendants of Jiao Gongxian
The surname traces to descendants of Jiao Gongxian, a military officer in Jiaozhou under Southern Han during the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms period; his descendants adopted Jiao as their surname.
Historical Records
Southern Song Attestation
The earliest recorded attestation of the surname is in the Southern Song work Xing shi ji jiu pian.
Recorded in Xu Tongzhi
Xu Tongzhi, in its section on clans, records the surname; Jiao Gongxian was a military officer in Jiaozhou during the Five Dynasties.
Migration and Distribution
Geographic Distribution
The surname is currently found in Beijing, the Yanbei region of Shanxi, Chengdu in Sichuan, and other places; people bearing the surname were present in Zhuxi County, Huguang, during the Ming dynasty.
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