Du (Chinese:杜;pinyin:Dù;Wade–Giles:Tu4) is aChinese surname. The name is spelledTu inTaiwan. InHong Kong it is spelled asTo and inMacao asTou, based on the pronunciation of 杜 inCantonese. InSingapore andMalaysia, it is spelled asToh, based on the pronunciation of 杜 inHokkien. The Vietnamese equivalent of the surname isĐỗ. However, when diacritics are dropped, it can also be from the Vietnamese surnamesDư 余 orDũ 俞 (for both, the Chinese equivalent isYu). It is the 129th surname inHundred Family Surnames and is the 42nd most common surname in Mainland China as of 2020.[1]
The ancestors of theDu family are known as the Tangdu. The Tangdu resided southeast ofXi'an inShaanxi province. TheFan (范) andDu clans share a common ancestor. Some members of theDu (杜) family are theTuoba (拓跋) family ofEmperor Xiaowen of Northern Wei. "Dugu" is the surname ofXianbei.
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