as a Last Name
- 3,468
- people in the U.S. have this name View all people named Du
Meaning & Origins
Chinese 杜: from the name of a state that existed during the Zhou dynasty (in present-day Shaanxi province). When the second king of the Zhou dynasty, Cheng Wang (1115–1079 BC), defeated the state of Tang in present-day Shaanxi province, he changed its name to Du and granted it to a descendant of the model emperor Yao. Descendants of the new ruler subsequently adopted the place name as their surname.
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- Thousands
- of people in the U.S have this name
- 3,468
- to be exact (as of February 2011)
- California
- has the most people named Du per capita
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