Yu (surname 于)
Yu () is the 82nd surname mentioned in the ''Hundred Family Surnames''. According to the 2006 census of People's Republic of China, it ranks 38th nationally. In 2019 it was the 41st most common surname in Mainland China. The name is transliterated as ''Vuu'' in Vietnamese but is very rare in Vietnam. It is the 82nd name on the ''Hundred Family Surnames'' poem.K. S. Tom. 989(1989). Echoes from Old China: Life, Legends and Lore of the Middle Kingdom. University of Hawaii Press. . Note that even though the literary usage of the character 於 was simplified to 于 in simplified Chinese, the surname usages of 於 was unchanged. So both are recognized as distinct surnames in both simplified and traditional Chinese. 於 is the 203rd name on the ''Hundred Family Surnames''. 375th-most common name shared by 0.0074% of the population or 99,000 people, with the province with the most being Jiangsu. Distribution Of the top 30 cities in China, 于 ranked 9th most common in the cities of bot ...
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