Likewise, although Chinese make up the largest part of America's Asian and Pacific Islander population,[1] none of the romanizations of 申 appeared among the 1000 most common surnames during the AD 2000 US census.[2]
Another origin of the Shen was with a second state of Shen (also 申). This Shen was originally ruled by the Ying dynasty, who claimed descent from a son of the Ku Emperor named Shishen. When this Shen was destroyed by King Zhao of Zhou, its rulers and vassals also adopted Shen as their clan name.
A third state of Shen (also 申) was ruled by a cadet branch of the Zhou royal family, whose ancestral name was Jiang (姜), and arose from territory granted to King Xuan's maternal uncle[who?] from the lands of the former state of Xie. This land's rulers and people also ended in adopting the region as their clan name following its destruction.
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