The origin of surnames
China people had surnames about 5,000 years before the Three Emperors and Five Emperors. According to legend, the earliest origin of surnames is related to the totem worship of primitive people. Clan tribes not only worship totem as a god, but also regard it as the unified clan name.
In primitive tribes, totems, clan names and ancestral names are often the same. With the passage of time, the name of totem has evolved into the marked surname of all members of the same clan.