Xiao Surname

Surname Overview

Xiao is a currently uncommon surname, pronounced xiào, with hào used in some dialects; its domestic population is approximately 20,000.

Reference: 校姓_校姓的来源和历史_百家姓

Origins

Principal Origins

One tradition traces the surname to descendants of the Zhou official known as 校人, taking the office as the surname. Another traces it to the clan of the Duke of Zhou and the Ji lineage. A further view holds that it shares an origin with the Jiao surname.

Reference: 校姓_校姓的来源和历史_百家姓

Historical Records

Documentary Attestations

The surname is recorded in Zheng Qiao’s General Treatise on Clans. Zheng Qiao glossed it as descending from the 校人 of the Zhou Offices, while the Surname Research Notes, citing the History of the Road, recorded descent from the clan of the Duke of Zhou.

Reference: 校姓_校姓的来源和历史_百家姓

Migration and Distribution

Distribution

The surname is concentrated mainly in Luancheng in Hebei, Zhongmu and Gongyi in Henan, and Xinghua in Jiangsu. It is also distributed in Weinan in Shaanxi and Yunxian in Hubei, with scattered residents in Beijing, Shanghai, Tianjin, and Taiwan.

Reference: 校姓_校姓的来源和历史_百家姓

Notable People

Historical Figures

During the Tianbao era of the Tang dynasty, Xiao Jie served as a Henan shicao. During the Chenghua era of the Ming dynasty, Xiao Tingfang served as magistrate of Qinshui County.

Reference: 校姓_校姓的来源和历史_百家姓