zhàn 湛

The origin of the surname "Zhan": It is derived from place names. According to "Zuo Zhuan - The 16th Year of Duke Xiang", there was Zhanshan, which is now north of Pingdingshan City, Henan Province. According to "Lu Shi", there is the Zhan River in Zhidi, Heyang, and there is a city named Zhan beside it. There are two Zhan Rivers: one is in the southwest of Jiyuan County, Henan Province; the other originates from the southeast of Baofeng County, Henan Province and flows into the North Ru River in Xiangcheng County. The Zhan surname derived from place names comes from multiple places. One theory claims that it is from the Zhanguan clan, a vassal state of the same surname as the Xia Dynasty, but this is a far - fetched assumption and not credible. Geographical distribution: Nanchang, Jiangxi