Surname Overview
Surname Pronunciation
As a surname, 洑 is pronounced Fú, and it may also be pronounced Pú.
Fú Surname
Surname profileFú / Fu
Origins
Origin
The 洑 surname is traced to the Ji surname and to the Puyang lineage descended from Zhuanxu; it is classified as a surname formed through an erroneous alteration of a place-name surname.
Historical Records
Puyang and Puyi Records
Puyang was located north of the Pু River and is in present-day Puyang, Henan; during the Spring and Autumn period, Duke Cheng of Wei established his capital there.
Record in Xingyuan
The Xingyuan records that descendants of Ji Feng, Duke Kang of Wei, were enfeoffed at Puyi and took the surname Pu from that fief; later, some altered and simplified the strokes, producing the homophonous 洑.
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