Shu Surname

Surname Overview

The Shu surname is currently uncommon. It is found among Han and Dai people, and is also recorded among the Naxi, Dai, and Manchu peoples.

Reference: 树姓_树姓的来源和历史_百家姓

Origins

The Shu surname has multiple recorded origins: a Quanrong surname; the Northern Wei Xianbei compound surname Shuluogan, later changed to Shu; the Qinghe Shu lineage from Jiangdong; and descendants of the Xianbei figure Shu Jine.

Reference: 树姓_树姓的来源和历史_百家姓

Historical Records

Documentary Attestations

The surname is first recorded in the Southern Song work Xingyuan. The Clan Records sections of Zheng Tongzhi and Xu Tongzhi also include it.

Reference: 树(shù)姓-族谱网

Commanderies and Clan Halls

Commanderies of Origin

The recorded commanderies associated with the Shu surname are Jiangdong and Henan. Henan Commandery was established in the early Western Han, in the area northeast of present-day Luoyang, Henan.

Reference: 树(shù)姓-族谱网

Migration and Distribution

Distribution

Today the Shu surname is found in Wuchuan in Guangdong; Songjiang in Shanghai; Yifeng in Jiangxi; Xinji in Hebei; Dongping in Shandong; Qingyuan in Liaoning; and Taiyuan, Changzhi, and Linfen in Shanxi. Jiangsu, Hebei, and Shanghai together account for about 93% of the national Shu-surname population.

Reference: 树姓_树姓的来源和历史_百家姓

Notable People

Historical Figures

Shu Dun was a Quanrong person in the reign of King Mu of Zhou. Shu Guozhen, a native of Jiangyin during the Ming dynasty, was skilled in poetry and regular script. Other recorded figures include Shu Tijia of the Sui, Shu Zi of the Song, and Shu Gu, a Yuan-dynasty Jinshi of the Tianli era.

Reference: 树姓_树姓的来源和历史_百家姓