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### Migration and Distribution (No information available) The Wanqi surname is not listed among the top 100 surnames in the Mainland and Taiwan. Regarding the origin of the Wanqi surname, both *Wei Shu - Guanshizhi* and *Shang You Lu* have records. The former points out that it is "the descendant of Emperor Xian's younger brother Mao of the Later Wei", and the latter indicates that "after Emperor Xian's younger brother Mao of the Later Wei, there were ten surnames, and *Wei Shu - Guanshizhi* refers to the Wanqi clan." Thus, it can be seen that this surname emerged during the period of the Five Hu Uprising in the Southern and Northern Dynasties. Calculated, it has only a history of about 1,700 years of having this surname. In fact, the two characters "Wanqi" were originally the name of a Xianbei tribe at that time. During the Eastern Jin Dynasty, the Wanqi tribe of the Xianbei people entered the Central Plains with the Tuoba clan. Their chieftain was the younger brother of Emperor Xian of the Later Wei. Later, as the Xianbei people were gradually assimilated into Chinese culture, the descendants of this tribe took the name of the tribe as their surname, calling themselves the Wanqi clan, and have used it for generations ever since. According to the *Wei Shu*, the first person with the surname "Wanqi" was Wanqi Chounu, a native of Gaoping, Shanxi. The prominent family of this surname was located in Lanling County (now Gaoping, Shanxi). *The Hundred Family Surnames* notes that it was in Kaifeng Prefecture (now Kaifeng City, Henan Province).