Lou / Lou
The Lou surname is an ancient surname with multiple ethnic and ancestral origins. It has about 220,000 people, ranks 269th among surnames in mainland China, and is mainly distributed in Zhejiang, Shanghai, Guangxi, Jiangxi, and Heilongjiang.
The Lou surname has two origins: the Si-surname branch descended from Dong Lou Gong, and the Ying-surname branch descended from Zhao Ying, who held his fief at Lou.
A Qing Guangxu 9th-year (1883) wooden movable-type edition of the Dongyang Lou Genealogy records the founding migrant ancestor Lou Renneng, along with prefaces, lineage charts, and biographies.
The Yiw u Xihou Lou genealogy uses the hall name Dunlun Tang; the Dongyang Weiguo Lou family record uses the hall name Dunxu Tang.
During the Song dynasty, the Lou surname was concentrated mainly in Zhejiang, followed by Jiangsu and Henan. In the Ming dynasty, Zhejiang remained its main distribution area; in contemporary registrations, it is also concentrated mainly in Zhejiang.
The Dongyang Lou genealogy records that the founding migrant ancestor Lou Renneng moved from Yiwu and settled by marriage at Dongyang South Gate during the Wu Zhou period.
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