The origin of the surname Wu

The first source is Jiang surname.

Long before the Yellow Emperor, there was a tribe called Jiang, and his totem was Qian Yu. In ancient times, Yu and Wu were homophonic. This tribe interprets totem as witch and takes witch as the name of the tribe. Later generations took Wu as their surname.

2. Originated from Ji surname

Gu Qigong is a descendant of the Yellow Emperor. He has three sons: Taibo, Zhong Yong and Ji Li. In order to make way for Ji Chang, Uncle Zhong Yong and his family went to wuyue in the south and established the State of Wu. Later, Zhou Wuwang destroyed the merchant's enfeoffment system and established Taibo Wu Bo. Taber was later called the ancestor of the Kaiser by the surname Wu.

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Wu surname distribution

For more than 2,000 years after the death of Wu in 473 BC, the descendants of Wu not only migrated back and forth in the inland of the motherland, but also spread abroad. Nowadays, with the wave of globalization, Wu's descendants have spread all over the world.

Wu's surname is mainly distributed in North Korea, Vietnam, Myanmar, Singapore, Philippines, Indonesia, the United States, Canada, Australia and other places. With a total population of about 70 million, Wu is the tenth largest surname in China.

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