gē 戈

Migration and Distribution (Lack of information) The Ge surname is not ranked among the top 100 surnames in the main - land of China and Taiwan. The Ge clan are the descendants of an ancient state named Ge that existed over 4,000 years ago. According to "A Compilation of Notes on Surnames", "The Ge family are the descendants of Yu. They were enfeoffed in Ge and took the name of the state as their surname. Their notable ancestral origin is Linhai." In ancient times, during the Xia Dynasty, there was a state named Ge established by the Dongyi ethnic group, which was a vassal state of the Xia Dynasty. Later, the descendants of the royal family of the Ge state took the name of the state as their surname and passed it down from generation to generation. The name of the Ge state was originally derived from a place name. After King Shaokang of the Xia Dynasty made the Xia Dynasty prosperous, Shaokang's son, "Zhu", annexed the Ge state. Although it was no longer called the Ge state, the place was still called Ge. Zhu then enfeoffed members of the royal family to the area of Ge. Subsequently, the royal family members enfeoffed in Ge formed another branch of the Ge surname based on the place - name. The ancestors of the Ge family in Changzhou originated from the Ge clan in Linhai. Currently, there are approximately 1,300 people with the Ge surname in the Changzhou area, accounting for 0.064% of the city's total population. Throughout history, many outstanding figures with the Ge surname have emerged in Changzhou. (The rest is omitted)