雷氏圖騰釋義

【釋義】 雷，即雷電。

【起源】 炎帝神農氏的 9 世孫方雷氏，因協助黃帝伐蚩尤有功，被黃帝封於方山（今河南嵩山一帶，具體地說，當是位於河南省禹州市西北的嵩山餘脈方山附近的方山鎮），建立諸侯國，其子孫以國為氏，就是復姓方雷氏，後又分為兩支，一支姓方，一支姓雷。

• 得姓始祖： 方雷

• 始祖地： 方山（河南禹州）

• 郡望堂號： 馮翊、豫章；謙讓堂

• 當今排序／人口： 第 81 位／約 319 萬

• 宋版百家姓排序： 第 69 位

• 現存家譜： 128 部

Interpretation of the Lei (雷) Clan Totem

Definition of the Character: "雷" (Lei) refers to thunder and lightning. In ancient pictographs, the character often depicted the drums of the thunder god or the rolling sound of thunder through repeated circular patterns.

Origin: The lineage traces back to Fang Lei Shi, a 9th-generation descendant of the Yan Emperor (Shennong). Because he assisted the Yellow Emperor in the legendary battle against the rebel Chiyou, he was enfeoffed at Fang Mountain (near the Songshan range, specifically Fangshan Town in modern-day Yuzhou, Henan). He established a vassal state there, and his descendants adopted the state's name as the compound surname Fanglei. Later, this lineage split into two separate surnames: Fang and Lei.

• Ancestral Founder: Fang Lei

• Ancestral Homeland: Fang Mountain (Yuzhou, Henan)

• Prefectural Seats and Hall Names: Fengyi (Shaanxi), Yuzhang (Jiangxi); Qianrang Hall

• Current Rank / Population: 81st most common / Approx. 3.19 million

• Song Dynasty "Hundred Family Surnames" Rank: 69th

• Extant Genealogies: 128 volumes