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### Migration and Distribution (Information missing) The Bao surname is not ranked among the top 100 surnames in the Chinese mainland and Taiwan. The Bao surname originated from the Ji surname. During the Zhou Dynasty, the king of Zhou enfeoffed a nobleman named "Xing", who shared the same surname with him, as a vassal in the area of Baoyi (now north of Zhengzhou City, Henan Province; another saying is that it is in the area of Wuxian County, Henan Province). Later, the king conferred the title of Duke on him, and he was called "Duke Baoxing". Some of Duke Baoxing's descendants adopted the surname "Bao" and established the Bao clan, passing it down through generations and becoming the ancestors of the Bao surname today. In ancient times, most of the prominent Bao - surname families were from Hedong. Currently, descendants of the Bao surname can be found in Kuandian, Liaoning Province; Cangzhou, Handan, Xingtai, and Qinhuangdao in Hebei Province; Puyang, Henan Province; Xianyang, Shaanxi Province; Changzhi, Shanxi Province; and Laiwu, Shandong Province. The generations of the Bao - surname family in Laiwu, Shandong Province include "Ru", "Fa", "Sheng", "Zheng", "Yu", "Li", etc. The generations of the Bao - surname family in Kuandian, Liaoning Province include "Zhen", "Shang", "Wen", "Sheng", "Xue", "Zhan", "Zhong", etc. Places with the Bao surname in their names are distributed in Huaxian County, Henan Province; Qinhuangdao, Hebei Province; Jiaxian County and Zichang in Shaanxi Province; Taoyuan County, Hunan Province; Daxing District, Beijing; Changzhi, Shanxi Province; and Fuxin, Liaoning Province.