Surname Overview
Form and Pronunciation
The surname is written 静 (靜) and pronounced jìng. It is currently rare, ranking outside the top 2,000 surnames in mainland China and 923rd in Taiwan.
静 Surname
Population reference (not a current census): 12,454Origins
Four Lineages
Four origins are given: a Feng-surname branch connected with descendants of Nüwa who settled in Jingyi; a Mi-surname branch from Liu Qing's descendants adopting an official title as their surname; a Gui-surname branch from descendants of Jing Zhong who changed the surname; and a Manchu branch whose members adopted Jing from the posthumous title of the Zhuangjing Imperial Noble Consort.
Commanderies and Clan Halls
Commanderies and Hall Names
The recorded commandery designation is Beiping. The hall names are Beiping Hall and Yutian Hall, both established from the commandery designation.
Migration and Distribution
Geographic Distribution
Jing families are distributed in Yutian, Zunhua, Bazhou, Xinji, Chengde and Pingquan in Hebei; Baodi in Tianjin; Shenyang and Qingyuan in Liaoning; Changchun in Jilin; several places in Shandong; and parts of Inner Mongolia, Beijing, Henan, Heilongjiang, Anhui, Jiangxi, Guangdong and Taiwan.
Genealogy and Generation Names
Generation Names
The Yutian branch in Hebei uses the generation sequence “De Guang Ru Tian Da Guo En Yong Shi Chang”; the Zibo Shandong and Tianjin branches use “De Xiao Sheng Shi Hong Fu Wan Gu Ting.”
Research Notes
Alternative Origin Accounts
Another account states that the origin is unknown and records the surname among Han, Manchu and Mongolian groups. A separate account about surname changes in early Qing Shandong says that one of two brothers was granted Jing and the other Jing with the character 靖.
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