Surname Overview
Bu is a rare surname in current use and is distributed in Tacheng, Xinjiang. It is also recorded in Zheng Tongzhi: Shizulüe.
Bu Surname
Population reference (not a current census): 34Bu / Bu
Origins
Four Origins
The Bu surname has four recorded origins: descendants of Song Weizi of the Zi surname; descendants of the Ying-surname state of Bu Geng; descendants of the Wei marquises of the Ji surname; and descendants of the Qiang Bu Meng clan.
Historical Records
Readings and Records
The surname is recorded with three readings: biāo, fōu, and bù. Zheng Tongzhi: Shizulüe records the biāo and fōu entries, while other surname reference works also record bù.
Migration and Distribution
Current Distribution
The Bu surname is distributed in Anji, Zhejiang; Qiuxian, Hebei; Maoming, Guangdong; Xiping, Henan; Shanghai; Yumen, Gansu; Hualien, Taiwan; and Tacheng, Xinjiang.
Notable People
Historical Figures
Bu Zhun was a native of Ji Commandery in the Jin dynasty; he excavated the tomb of King Xiang of Wei and obtained ancient-script bamboo books. Bu Xiong was from Xuzhou in the Tang dynasty and served as defense commissioner and concurrently as inspector of Shuofang. Bu Mengshi was an Anyuan general of Later Qin. Bu Menglingqing was a Heyuan army commissioner in the final years of Empress Wu's reign in the Tang dynasty.
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