Origins
Recorded Origin
The source gives the origin only as “see Xingyuan” and provides no more specific explanation of how the surname arose.
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Population reference (not a current census): 2Research Notes
Source Boundaries
The same source also says that the surname exists in the southern mainland, but does not specify provinces, chronology, migration routes, commanderies or halls, historical figures, or genealogy generation names; these details cannot be supplied from this source.
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