Population distribution of the surname Lu

The contemporary population with the surname Lu is nearly 4.2 million, ranking 60th in the country, accounting for approximately 0.33% of the national population. In the more than 600 years since the Ming Dynasty, the population surnamed Lu has increased from 570,000 to 4.2 million, an increase of nearly 7 times. The growth rate of the population surnamed Lu is lower than the growth rate of the national population. In the 1000 years since the Song Dynasty, the growth rate of the population surnamed Lu has been ∧ shaped situation. The distribution across the country is mainly concentrated in Jiangsu and Guangxi provinces, accounting for approximately 44% of the total population with the surname Lu. Secondly, they are distributed in Guangdong, Shanghai, Zhejiang, Guizhou, and Anhui. The population of these five provinces and cities with the Lu surname accounts for 33%. Jiangsu is home to 23% of the total population with the surname Lu, making it the province with the largest number of people with the surname Lu. The country has re-formed two areas with Lu surnames: Jiangsu and Zhejiang in the east and Guangxi and Guangxi in the south. During the 600 years, the degree and direction of population flow with the Lu surname were very different from those during the Song, Yuan, and Ming dynasties. The migration of people from the east to central and northern China was greater than the migration from north to south and east. At the same time, the migration to the south and west has become the most important immigration flow. People surnamed Lu are distributed in Guihai, most of Guangdong, southwestern Hunan, eastern Yunnan, southeastern corner of Chongqing, Jiangsu, Shanghai and Zhejiang, most of Anhui, northeastern Jiangxi, and northern Fujian. The surname Lu generally accounts for more than 0.42% of the local population. , of which the central area can reach more than 3.7%. The area covered by the above areas accounts for about 13% of the total land area, and about 71% of the people surnamed Lu live there. In the northeastern part of Hunan, the eastern end of Guangdong, most of Chongqing, central Yunnan, southeastern Sichuan, most of Jiangxi and Fujian, Taiwan, southeastern and southwest Hubei, the northwest end of Anhui, the southeastern corner of Henan, southeastern Shandong, Liaoning, western Heilongjiang, and eastern Inner Mongolia , most of Ningxia, and central Gansu, the distribution proportion of the Lu surname among the local population is between 0.21% and 0.42%. Its coverage area accounts for about 22.3% of the total land area, and about 21% of the Lu surnamed people live there.

There is no detailed information on the various tribes and distribution of the Lu surname in Hong Kong. Judging from the people with the surname Lu in Hong Kong, they come from two aspects. One is that they moved from mainland China; the other is that they grew up in the local area. Famous people with the surname Lu who moved to Hong Kong from the mainland are mainly active in the economic circles. Among them, the famous ones include Lu Qingtian, Lu Dajie, Luk Daquan, Luk Xiaopei, Luk Christine and others. Among the famous calligraphers and seal carvers named Lu in Macau are Lu Hai. In addition to the Han people, the Lu surname is mainly distributed among the Korean, Hezhe, Mongolian, Zhuang, Yao, Buyi, and Hani ethnic groups.

The surnames of the Yao people are derived from legends about the origin of their own nation. There are also people with Han surnames who migrated into the Yao people from all directions. For example, among the more than 10 Han surnames among the Dayaozhai people in Nandan County, Guangxi, there is the surname Lu. .

According to the investigation of the elders of the Kinh nationality and the examination of local cultural relics, it can be seen that the ancestors of the Kinh nationality migrated from Tushan, Chunhua, Yidi, Ruixi and other places in Vietnam. In the evening, they mainly moved into the residential area of ????Yaoshan Heart Island.

The surnames of the Buyi people are the same as those of the Han people, and the surname Lu is also a common surname among them.