jì 暨

Migration and Distribution (Lack of information) The Ji surname is not listed among the top 100 surnames in the Mainland and Taiwan. Ji was originally one of the characters of a place name in ancient times. This place called Zhuj i is now in Jiangyin County, Jiangsu Province. Later, a noble was enfeoffed in Zhuji, and his descendants took the fief as their surname, simply referred to as the Ji surname. There is a person named Peng Zu among the descendants of Huang Di. During the Shang Dynasty, the descendants of Peng Zu were barons and were enfeoffed in Zhuji. At the beginning, they formed the Ji clan by taking the fief as their surname. Another theory is that during the Spring and Autumn Period, there was a doctor in the State of Yue named Zhuji Ying. Among his descendants, this compound surname was further divided into two single surnames, the Zhu surname and the Ji surname, and some of them became the Ji surname. There is also a theory that during the Spring and Autumn Period, there was a King of Wu named Fagai. Among his descendants, some took Gai as their surname. Later, due to avoiding revenge and murder, they were forced to change to other surnames, and some of them changed to the Ji surname. Since the characters "Ji" and "Ji" are interchangeable and often mixed, the Ji clan can also be the Ji clan.