jí 籍

Migration and Distribution: (Missing information) The Ji (籍) surname is not ranked among the top 100 surnames in the Baijiaxing (Hundred Family Surnames) in both the Chinese mainland and Taiwan. The Ji surname originated from the Ji (姬) surname. During the Spring and Autumn Period, there was a member of the royal clan in the State of Jin named Boyan. He was the grandson of Duke Xiang of Jin (some say he was the grandson of Xun Linfu, a high - ranking official in the State of Jin). Boyan was in charge of managing the official archives of the State of Jin in the imperial court. Boyan was very learned, and some of his descendants took "Ji" as their surname, thus giving rise to the Ji surname as we know it today.