Zhuo / Zhuo
The surname Zhuo has two recorded lines of origin: one from Zhuo, a place in the state of Qi during the Spring and Autumn period, forming a surname from the place name; the other from an ancient ritual official title, with descendants adopting the title as their surname.
Zhuo was a fief of a senior official of Qi during the Spring and Autumn period, located in what is now Changqing, Shandong; the book Xing Kao records that descendants adopted the fief name as their surname. The surname is absent from the Song dynasty Hundred Family Surnames and first appears in the Ming dynasty Huangming Qianjia Xing.
The surname's commandery associations include Qi, Beihai, and Gaomi; its hall names include Qi Commandery Hall, Beihai Hall, and Gaomi Hall.
The surname originated around Changqing in Jinan, Shandong, later moving eastward to Gaomi and the Jiaodong region. During the Ming and Qing periods, some members migrated with settlers to the three northeastern provinces; today, Gaomi in Shandong remains its main center.
In the Ming dynasty, Zhuo Fang served as an instructor in Nanping County, Fujian, during the Zhengde era. Zhuo Yi became a tribute student in the eighth year of the Wanli era and served as an instructor in Linqu County, Shandong.
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