Fu Surname

Surname Overview

The surname Fu is pronounced fú and is currently uncommon. It is found in Wuqing of Tianjin, Huanghua of Hebei, Pingyi of Shandong, Taiyuan of Shanxi, and other places, among Han and Lisu people.

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Origins

Origin in the State of Qi

One branch of the Fu surname derives from the Jiang lineage and descends from Fu Zidan, a grandee of the State of Qi in the Spring and Autumn period. It adopted the character Fu from the ancestor's name, and Fu Zidan is regarded as the founding ancestor of the surname.

Reference: 福姓_福姓的来源和历史_百家姓

Multiple Lineages

The Fu surname also arose through the sinicization of the Baekje clans Fufushun and Fudang after their entry into the Central Plains during the Tang period, and through the descendants of Zhang Fushi, who adopted Fu after an imperial surname grant in the Ming period. Mongol, Manchu, Daur, and other minority groups also include people who adopted Fu as a sinicized surname.

Reference: 福姓_福姓的来源和历史_百家姓

Historical Records

Textual Attestations

The Guoyu records that “in the Spring and Autumn period, Qi had a grandee named Fu Zidan”; the Tangshu biography of the Turks records the Fu clan and Fufushun of Baekje; and the Xutongzhi, Genealogical Section, includes Fu under the entering tone category.

Reference: 福姓_福姓的来源和历史_百家姓

Commanderies and Clan Halls

Commanderies and Halls

The Fu surname's commanderies of prominence are Baekje, Liaodong, and Pingling. Its clan halls include Baiji Hall, Liaodong Hall, and Pingling Hall, the last also called Wuxing Hall or Wenshui Hall.

Reference: 福姓_福姓的来源和历史_百家姓

Notable People

Historical Figures

Fuyu was an eminent monk of the Shaolin Temple at Songshan in the early Yuan period and was posthumously titled Duke of Jin by the Yuan emperor. Fushi was a Ming transport officer and chief administrator of grain transport who adopted Fu after an imperial handwritten edict. Fuxin was a Baekje military commander of the Tang period.

Reference: 福姓_福姓的来源和历史_百家姓