Huang (surname)

Introduction
Huang is Chinese surname no.96 in "Bai Jia Xing " 百家姓 (Hundreds Family Surnames), a list of Chinese surnames compiled during the Song dynasty. Huang is the 7th most common surname in China in 2006 (Yuan Yida, 2006). The population of Huangs in China (including Taiwan) was estimated at more than 29 million in 2000; it was also the surname of more than 2 million overseas Chinese, many Vietnamese (no data available) and an estimated 1 million Koreans (The 2000 census of South Korea revealed Huang was the surname of 644,294 South Koreans, ranked 17th).

Meaning/Origin
Huang is an ancient surname which origin could be traced back more than 4,200 years to the days of the legendary sage emperors preceding the Xia dynasty. During the reign of Emperor Yao   尧帝,  Hui Lian     惠连, son of Lu Zhong    陆终, a descendant of the Yellow Emperor    黄帝 (Huang Di) scored a merit in harnessing river floods, and Emperor Yao conferred on Hui Lian the state of Can'hu    参胡 (in present-day region of   Fenyang    汾阳, Shanxi province    山西省, China). It was in the 96th year of Emperor Yao  (2220 BC). Emperor Yao renamed Can'hu "the State of Huang"   黄国, and bestowed on Hui Lian the surname "Huang"    黄 and the name "Yun"    云. Hence, Hui Lian was also known as Huang Yun   黄云. Hui Lian became the Progenitor of the Huang Surname Clan. The descendants of Huang Yun (Hui Lian) ruled the Huang State of Shanxi until the early "Spring and Autumn Period"     春秋时代 (722 BC-481 BC) when it was conquered by the State of Jin    晋国.

Cultural Context
==References
 * Huang Genealogy