Lu is one of the hundred surnames in China, ranking 42nd, accounting for about .47% of the Han population in China.
Lu originated from
1; From the surname "Jiang", take the city name as the surname. During the Spring and Autumn Period, Duke Wen of Qi was famous, and his food was collected in Luyi (Changqing County, Shandong Province). Later generations took "Lu" as their surname. Second; Take the country as the surname. According to the "Custom Tongyi", the ancient Lu Zi country was followed by the Lu family. The Lu family, also known as "Lu", is contained in "Tongzhi. A Brief Introduction to the Clan. Taking the Country as the Family Name". Third; It was changed by the compound surname of Xianbei nationality in the Northern and Southern Dynasties. "Wei Shu. Official Records" cloud; In the Northern Wei Dynasty, Molu's family was changed to Lu's family, and later it was changed to Lu's family. Tufu Lushi was also changed to Lushi.
Distribution of Lu surname
The population of contemporary Lu surname is nearly 4.4 million, making it the 55th surname in China, accounting for about .35% of the national population. At present, the distribution in China is mainly concentrated in Guangxi and Guangdong provinces, accounting for' 35.6% of the total population of Lu. Secondly, it is distributed in Henan, Zhejiang, Hunan, Anhui, Hebei and Gansu, and the surname of Lu in these six provinces is concentrated by 29%. The whole country has formed a gathering area of Lu surname with Guangdong and Guangxi as the center. The schematic diagram of the distribution frequency of Lu's surname in the crowd shows that in Guangxi, Guangdong, most of Guizhou, southern Jiangxi, Fujian and Taiwan, eastern Yunnan, eastern Zhejiang, central Gansu, eastern Qinghai and western Inner Mongolia, the proportion of Lu's surname in the local population is generally above .48%, and the central area can reach above 7.7%. The above areas cover about 18.8% of the total land area, and about 56% of Lu's surname people live there. In other areas from the east of Qinghai Lake in the north to the east of Hengduan Mountains in Yunnan, the distribution ratio of Lu's surname among the local population is between .24% and .56%, which covers about 37.3% of the total land area and is inhabited by about 4% of Lu's surname population.
Lu Fang: In the Eastern Han Dynasty, he was named acting king. At the end of Xinmang, he claimed to be Liu Wenbo, the great grandson of Emperor Wu, and joined forces with the Qiang and Hu nobles in Sanshui, and was later made emperor by Huns Khan. He surrendered to the Eastern Han Dynasty in 4 A.D. and was named acting king. Lu Fang is the only person with Lu's claim to the throne.
Lu Lun: He Zhongpu (now Yongji, Shanxi Province) was a poet in the Tang Dynasty. Most of his poems were farewell and rewarding, and a few of them reflected the life of frontier sergeant. Why? Ten gifted scholars in Dali? One of them is "Lu Lun Collection".