The surname is uncommon, has a small population, and is distributed in scattered locations. It is found in Qingyuan in Liaoning, Pingdu and Zhanhua in Shandong, Taiyuan and Yuncheng in Shanxi, Hancheng in Shaanxi, Wuchang in Hubei, Congjiang in Guizhou, and elsewhere.
The surname's recorded origins include the Wuhuan, the ancient Q in Mountain, Sui-period Qinzhou, descendants associated with the Jin-period Empress Qinren, a surname bestowed during the Southern Song, and sinicized Manchu surname changes.
The Genealogical Register records the surname in Wuxing, Xin'an, and Jinyun. The Book of Wei records Qin Zhiben as a Wuyang Wuhuan leader.
The surname's commandery affiliations include Hejian and Wu. Its hall names include Hejian Hall, Wu Commandery Hall, also called Suzhou Hall, Qinzhou Hall, also called Xiang Commandery Hall or Baiyue Hall, and Wu'an Hall.
After the warfare at the end of the Southern Song, most members of the branch of Qin Gaoyi moved south to the Changxing area beside Taihu Lake. Later descendants spread and branched throughout the country.
The Qin Clan Genealogy of Suining, Jiangsu, records that the old genealogy was lost and adopts the Wuhuan leader Qin Zhiben recorded in the Records of the Three Kingdoms as the first-generation ancestor. The recorded branch genealogies all begin with the seventy-seventh-generation generation name "Ji."
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