Du (
Chinese: 杜;
pinyin: Dù;
Wade–Giles: Tu4) is a
Chinese surname. The name is spelled Tu in
Taiwan, in
Hong Kong it is translated as To, in
Macao it is spelled as Tou, the pronunciation of 杜 in
Cantonese. The Vietnamese equivalent of the surname is
Đỗ. However, when diacritics are dropped, it can also be from the Vietnamese surnames
Dư 余 or
Dũ 俞 (Chinese equivalent is both
Yu). It is the 129th surname in Hundred Family Surnames and is the 42nd most common surname in Mainland China as of 2020.[1]
Origin and Branches of Du (杜)
The ancestors of the Du family are known as the Tangdu. The Tangdu resided southeast of
Xi'an in
Shaanxi province. The Fan (范) and Du clans share a common ancestor. Some members of the Du (杜) family are the
Tuoba (拓跋) family of
Emperor Xiaowen of Northern Wei. "Dugu" is the surname of
Xianbei.
Meanings of Du (杜)
The Chinese name of
Pyrus betulifolia, a deciduous tree of the genus pear in the rosaceae.
Toh Ee Wei (杜依蔚; born 2000), Malaysian badminton player
都
It was found to be the 330th most common surname, shared by 140,060 people or 0.011% of the population, with the province with the most being
Shandong.
Du Mu (Ming dynasty), (Chinese: 都穆; 1459–1525) was a Chinese poet, scholar and art critic from Suzhou
Ray Du English (Chinese: 阿滴英文) is a Taiwanese educational YouTube channel hosted by 2 siblings, one of whom is internet personality Ray Du (都省瑞)
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