Fu (surname)
Fu is a common transliteration of surnames originating mainly of east Asian languages.
For instance, 傅, 符, 付, 扶, 伏, 富, 苻, and 福.
It is also a sinicized surname for several clans of Manchurian nobility. During the Qing dynasty, there was an ongoing process of sinicization of surnames, and many Manchurian clans such as the Fu, Fuca/Fucha, Fugiya, Fuciri, Fulkuru, Fujuri and Fulha' adopted 傅 or 富 as their Han surname.
The name Fu is found commonly in China, Taiwan, Macau, United States, Malaysia, Hawaii, and Japan.
Notable people with the surname include:
- Fu Yue – A Shang dynasty premier during the reign of Emperor Wu Ding.
- Fu Kuan – Marquis of Yangling, a follower of Liu Bang.
- Fu Jing – 2nd Marquis Jing.
- Fu Ze – 3rd Marquis Jing.
- Fu Yan – 4th and final Marquis Jing. In 122 BC he was tried for plotting a rebellion with the King of Huainan, Liu An. His state was abolished when he died.
- Fu Jiezi – A Han dynasty officer who assassinated the king of the Xiongnu in 77 BC.
- Consort Fu – A Han dynasty imperial consort and favorite of Emperor Yuan
- Fu Xi – A Han dynasty Marshall of State from 6 – 1 BC.
- Empress Fu (Ai) – A Han dynasty Empress.
- Fu Jun – One of the Yuntai 28 generals who served Emperor Guangwu of Han.
- Fu Yu – Colonel-Protector in Han dynasty China. Killed in a Ch'iang rebellion in 87 AD.
- Fu Xie – Han dynasty imperial court adviser.
- Fu Xun – A politician of the state of Cao Wei during the Three Kingdoms period.
- Fu Shou Empress of Han dynasty
- Fu Sheng
- Fu Jia – An official of Cao Wei
- Fu Qian – A General of Shu Han during the Three Kingdoms period.
- Fu Xuan – A politician, scholar, writer, and poet during the period from the Cao Wei to Western Jin dynasty.
- Fu Hu – A Han Zhao dynasty general who sacrificed his life to save Emperor Liu Yao.
- Fu Chang – A writer of the Later Zhao dynasty.
- Fu Pi
- Fu Liang – A high-level official of the Liu Song dynasty, who, along with his colleagues Xu Xianzhi and Xie Hui, deposed Emperor Song.
- Fu Qi – An adviser to Emperor Wu of Liang.
- Fu Yi – A Sui dynasty official and historiographer during the reign of Emperor Gaozu of the Tang dynasty.
- Fu Youyi – An official of Wu Zetian's Zhou dynasty.
- Fu Wenjing – A Tang dynasty magistrate instrumental in the early rise of Niu Xianke.
- Fu Bi – A Song dynasty politician.
- Fu Yaoyu
- Fu Youde – A General and Navy Commander of the Ming dynasty who subdued the Mongols with an army of 300,000 soldiers.
- Fu An
- Fu Shan – A Ming and Qing dynasty artist
- Fu Honglie
- Fu Nai
- Fu Zuoyi
- Fu Daqing
- Fu Lei – Chinese translator and art critic
- Alexander Fu Sheng – Hong Kong Martial Arts Film Star
- Fu Yiwei – Chinese female curler
- Grace Fu - A Singaporean politician
- Xiaolan Fu – Chinese economist
- Warren Fu – American music video director
- Fu Kun-chi（傅崑萁） - A Taiwanese politician, the legislator of Hualian County.
- Marco Fu – Professional snooker player from Hong Kong
- Leslie Fu – American Twitch streamer
- Fu Haitao – Chinese triple jumper
- Fu Jing – Chinese singer, actress, former member of Rocket Girls 101
- Fu Yuanhui – Chinese swimmer