méng 蒙

Migration and Distribution (Lack of information) The Meng surname is not listed among the top 100 surnames in the Chinese mainland and Taiwan. In ancient times, Huangdi was a well - known clan leader. He had a grandson named Zhuanxu, who was also a famous tribal chief. Later, during the Xia Dynasty, the monarchs of the Xia Dynasty respected the great figures of ancient times. They enfeoffed the descendants of Zhuanxu to Mengshuangcheng. Some of their descendants took the characters "Meng" and "Shuang" from the place name as their surnames, becoming the Meng and Shuang clans respectively. This is the earliest origin of the Meng surname today. Another branch of the Meng surname originated in the Zhou Dynasty. At that time, the imperial court set up an altar on Mengshan (located in the central part of present - day Shandong Province) and appointed special officials to preside over the sacrifices on Mengshan, who were called Dongmengzhu. Some descendants of Dongmengzhu settled on Mengshan and took the place name as their surname, which was a development of the Meng surname in history.