jīng 荆

Migration and Distribution During the Song Dynasty, there were approximately 40,000 people with the surname Jing, accounting for about 0.05% of the total population of the country at that time. It was ranked about 210th among the major surnames. Their distribution across the country was mainly concentrated in areas such as Hebei and Hubei. During the Ming Dynasty, the population with the surname Jing sharply decreased to about 18,000. Their distribution across the country was mainly concentrated in Shanxi, Henan, Shandong, Hunan, Hebei and other places. Shanxi was the province with the largest population of the Jing surname, accounting for about half of the total population of the Jing surname.