Surname Overview
The surname Fu is pronounced fú, is currently rare, has fewer than one thousand people, and ranks 1593rd.
Fu Surname
Surname profileFu / Fu
Origins
Recorded origins include descendants of King Fuchai of Wu in the Spring and Autumn period, Southern Xiongnu people in the Eastern Han, people who changed the surname Fuyu to Fu, and a Yi ethnic surname.
Historical Records
Documentary Attestations
The Xing Shi Kao Lue records that descendants of Wu had the surname Fu and cites the Lu Shi; the Hou Han Shu records that the Southern Xiongnu also had the surname Fu.
Migration and Distribution
Distribution
The surname Fu is found in Beijing; Huanghua in Hebei; Taiyuan in Shanxi; Linquan in Anhui; Shangyu in Zhejiang; Wenxian in Henan; Xintai in Shandong; Wujin and Xinyi in Jiangsu; and Miyi in Sichuan.
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