The Spatial Range of Chinese Surnames’ Concentration
CHEN Liujun1, LIU Yan1, LIU Xuanyu1, FAN Xiaohui1, YUAN Yida2, CEHN Jiawei1
1. School of Systems Science, Beijing Normal University, Beijing 100875, China; 2. Institute of Genetics and Developmental Biology (IGDB), Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100101, China
Abstract：The top 300 Chinese surnames are analyzed with the spatial autocorrelation method to confirm the characteristics of Chinese surnames’ concentration. A new index, diffusion distance, is proposed to quantify the spatial ranges of the concentration characteristics and the results are qualitatively explained from the perspective of the population mobility in Chinese history. Our specific results for the top 300 Chinese surnames are the following: The significant spatial autocorrelation of the relative frequencies generally exists within a short spatial range. About half of the surnames have a diffusion distance between 400 kilometers and 800 kilometers. There is a positive correlation between the diffusion distances of the surnames and their population sizes. That is, the diffusion ranges of larger-scale surnames are wider, which may be related to their longer history.
陈六君, 刘艳, 刘炫宇, 樊晓辉, 袁义达, 陈家伟. 中国各姓氏人口聚集性的空间范围研究[J]. 复杂系统与复杂性科学, 2021, 18(3): 23-27.
CHEN Liujun, LIU Yan, LIU Xuanyu, FAN Xiaohui, YUAN Yida, CEHN Jiawei. The Spatial Range of Chinese Surnames’ Concentration. Complex Systems and Complexity Science, 2021, 18(3): 23-27.
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