Last name origins & meanings:
- Chinese:
from the name of a territory that existed
during the Zhou dynasty (1122–221 bc). - Chinese:
from the name of a fiefdom called Xiao (in present-day
Anhui province) that existed during the Zhou dynasty (1122–221
bc). A descendant of the ruler of the state of Song was
granted this fiefdom and subsequently his descendants adopted the
place name as their surname.
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