hú 胡

The origin of the surname "Hu": 1. It comes from the "Gui" surname and is based on a personal name. According to "Yuanhe Xingzuan", in the early Western Zhou Dynasty, Hu Gongman, a descendant of Emperor Shun, was enfeoffed in the State of Chen (present - day Huaiyang, Henan). Later, the state was conquered by the State of Chu. The noble families of the state scattered, and some of them took the name "Hu" of their former duke as their surname. 2. It comes from the "Gui" surname and is based on the name of a state. During the Zhou Dynasty, there was a vassal state named "Hu" with a different surname, located in Fuyang County, Anhui. It was conquered by the State of Chu. Some of its people took "Hu" as their surname. 3. It was changed from a compound surname of the Xianbei ethnic group. According to "Weishu·Guanshizhi", during the Northern and Southern Dynasties, in the Northern Wei Dynasty, there was a compound surname "Hugu" (the surname of the elder brother of Emperor Xian of the Northern Wei) from the northern part of the Dai region. After following Emperor Xiaowen of the Northern Wei to move south to Luoyang, they settled in the Central Plains and changed their surname to the Han - Chinese surname "Hu". 4. According to "Zhou Shu·Li Yuan Zhuan", there was a Hu surname among the Jie people.