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The 64th most common last name in China.
Descendents of one of the five ancient kings, Shun Di
(who was a descendent of Zhuan Xu).
Since Shun was born at Yao Xu (Fan in Henan), his descendents named themselves Yao.
There were others who changed their names to Yao in history.
Among them, were the people of the Jiang tribe.
During the Han Dynasty, this tribe migrated to China.
They claimed to be the descendents of Shun Di and changed their names to Yao.
The tribe leader Yao Yizhong had a son called Yao Zhangjian, who established Qin,
one of the 16 kingdoms at that time.
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