Fu (Mandarin: 傅 ; Hokkien: Poh) is an ancient Han Chinese surname of imperial origin which is at least 4,000 years old. The great-great-great-grandson of the Yellow Emperor, Dayou, bestowed this surname to his son Fu Yi and his descendants. Dayou is the eldest son of Danzhu and grandson of Emperor Yao.
It is the 84th name on the Hundred Family Surnames poem.
Notable people (in chronological order)
Fu Yue (傅說) (1324–1265 BC) – A Shang dynasty premier during the reign of Emperor Wu Ding.
Fu Kuan (傅寬) (died 189 BC) – Marquis of Yangling (posthumously Marquis Jing), a follower of Liu Bang.
Fu Jing (傅精) (died 165 BC) – 2nd Marquis Jing.
Fu Ze (傅則) (died 153 BC) – 3rd Marquis Jing.
Fu Yan (傅偃) (died 122 BC) – 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 (傅介子) – A Han dynasty officer who assassinated the king of the Xiongnu in 77 BC.
Consort Fu (傅昭儀) (died 3 BC) – A Han dynasty imperial consort and favorite of Emperor Yuan, grandmother of Emperor Ai
Fu Xi (傅喜) – A Han dynasty Marshall of State from 6 – 1 BC.
Empress Fu (Ai) (傅皇后) (died 1 BC) – A Han dynasty Empress.
Fu Jun (傅俊) (1st century AD) – One of the Yuntai 28 generals who served Emperor Guangwu of Han.
Fu Yu (died 87 AD) – Colonel-Protector in Han dynasty China. Killed in a Ch'iang rebellion in 87 AD.
Fu Xie (died 187 AD) – Han dynasty imperial court adviser.
Fu Xun (傅巽) – A politician of the state of Cao Wei during the Three Kingdoms period.
Fu Jia – An official of Cao Wei (aka Fu Gu) (209–255)
Fu Qian (傅僉) (216–263) – A General of Shu Han during the Three Kingdoms period.
Fu Xuan (傅玄) (217–278) – A politician, scholar, writer, and poet during the period from the Cao Wei to Western Jin dynasty.
Fu Hu (傅虎) (died 312) – A Han Zhao dynasty general who sacrificed his life to save Emperor Liu Yao.
Fu Chang (died 330) – A writer of the Later Zhao dynasty.
Fu Liang (傅亮) (374–426) – A high-level official of the Liu Song dynasty, who, along with his colleagues Xu Xianzhi and Xie Hui, deposed Emperor Song.
Fu Qi (6th century) (傅岐) – An adviser to Emperor Wu of Liang.
Fu Yi (傅奕) (554–639) – A Sui dynasty official and historiographer during the reign of Emperor Gaozu of the Tang dynasty.
Fu Youyi (傅遊藝) (died 691) – An official of Wu Zetian's Zhou dynasty.
Fu Wenjing (傅文靜) – A Tang dynasty magistrate instrumental in the early rise of Niu Xianke.
Fu Yaoyu (1024–1091)
Fu Youde (傅友德) (died 1394) – A General and Navy Commander of the Ming dynasty who subdued the Mongols with an army of 300,000 soldiers.
Fu An (died 1429)
Fu Shan (1607–1684) – A Ming and Qing dynasty artist
Fu Honglie (傅弘烈) (died 1680)
Fu Nai (1758–1811)
Fu Zuoyi (1895–1974)
Fu Daqing (1900 – c. 1944)
Fu Lei (1908–1966) – Chinese translator and art critic
Poh Kimseng (傅金城) (1912–1980) – Chinese sprinter
Poh Soo Kai (傅樹介) (born 1930) – Singaporean politician
Fou Ts'ong (1934–2020) – Pianist, son of Fu Lei
Alexander Fu Sheng (傅聲) (1954–1983) – Hong Kong Martial Arts Film Star
The Honourable Grace Fu DCMG (傅海燕) – Singaporean politician
Xiaolan Fu – Chinese economist
Marco Fu (born 1978) – Professional snooker player from Hong Kong
Leslie Fu (傅雅婷) (born 1992) – American Twitch streamer
Fu Haitao (born 1993) – Chinese triple jumper
Fu Jing (born 1995) – singer, actress, former member of Rocket Girls 101
Fu Yuanhui (傅园慧) (born 1996) – Chinese swimmer