zǔ 祖

Migration and Distribution The total population of the Zu (祖) clan is not ranked among the top 300 surnames on the Chinese mainland and in Taiwan. However, it is ranked 249th in the Song Edition of "Hundred Family Surnames". Today, there are Zu clan members distributed in Shouguang County and Xiajin County in Shandong Province; Haidian District in Beijing; Yingshan County in Hubei Province; Shanghai; Tianjin; Gaocheng City, Laoting County, Funing County, Xian County, Shen County, Xinle County, Funing County, Dingxing County, Hengshui City, Yi County, Qinhuangdao City, Baoding City, Zhuozhou City, and Laishui County in Hebei Province; Nanjing City and Fengqiao Zhiying Village in Suzhou City, Tongshan County in Xuzhou City, Huai'an City, Shijian Village in Xuyi County, Sihong County in Suqian City, Haimen County in Nantong City, Kunshan City, and Funing County in Jiangsu Province; Fan County in Puyang City, Nanzhao County in Nanyang City, Kaifeng City, Shangqiu City, Weihui County, Gushi County, and Xinxiang City in Henan Province; Chizhou City, Anqing City, Wangjiang County, Xiaoxian County, Zongyang County, Lujiang County in Chaohu City (not just Lujiang County, the author of this note with the surname Zu is from Juchao District), Bengbu City, Chuzhou City, and Suzhou City in Anhui Province; Guangyuan County in Sichuan Province; Yongji County in Jilin City, Siping City, and Tonghua City in Jilin Province; Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region; Changshou County in Chongqing; Liuyang City in Hunan Province; Dehua County and Pucheng County in Fujian Province; Guiyang City, Weining County, and Bijie City in Guizhou Province; Dongcheng District in Dongguan City in Guangdong Province; Zhangye City in Gansu Province; Shenyang City, Xinglongtai District in Panjin City, and Beizhen County in Liaoning Province; Hong Kong Special Administrative Region; Macao Special Administrative Region; Taiwan Province; as well as Singapore, Thailand, Malaysia, Indonesia, Vietnam, Laos, Myanmar, the United States, the United Kingdom and other places.