Du (Chinese: 杜; pinyin: Dù; Wade–Giles: Tu4) is a Chinese surname. The name is spelled TuinTaiwan. In Hong Kong it is spelled as To and in MacaoasTou, based on the pronunciation of 杜inCantonese. In Singapore and Malaysia, it is spelled as Toh, based on the pronunciation of 杜inHokkien. The Vietnamese equivalent of the surname is Đỗ. However, when diacritics are dropped, it can also be from the Vietnamese surnames Dư 余orDũ 俞 (for both, the Chinese equivalent is Yu). It is the 129th surname in Hundred Family Surnames and is the 42nd most common surname in Mainland China as of 2020.[1]
The Du surname in regular script
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| Pronunciation | Dù (Pinyin) Dou6 (Jyutping) Tō͘ (Pe̍h-ōe-jī) |
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| Language(s) | Chinese, Vietnamese, Korean |
| Origin | |
| Language(s) | Old Chinese |
| Derivation | Qi (surname) |
| Meaning | birchleaf pear |
| Other names | |
| Variant form(s) | Du, Tu (Mandarin) To, Tou (Cantonese) Toh, Taw (Hokkien) Đỗ (Vietnamese) |
| Derivative(s) | Đỗ |
| See also | Fan |
Du surname in regular script
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| Pronunciation | Dū (Pinyin) To͘ (Pe̍h-ōe-jī) |
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| Language(s) | Chinese, Vietnamese |
| Origin | |
| Language(s) | Old Chinese |
| Meaning | capital |
| Other names | |
| Variant form(s) | Du, Tu (Mandarin) Toh, Taw (Hokkien) |
The ancestors of the Du family are known as the Tangdu. The Tangdu resided southeast of Xi'aninShaanxi 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.
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.
