# Pu (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/pu/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. Counts from the US Census Bureau; origin and etymology from Wiktionary; bearers from Wikidata. Data updated 2026-11-11.

A surname from Chinese.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | Chinese |
| Type | not recorded |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 1,299 |
| US rank (2010) | 20,449 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 237,679 people |
| Change since 2000 | +71% (760 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | /pu/, 1 syllable |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Etymology

From Mandarin 蒲 (Pú).

## Who carries it

Share of people named Pu in the 2010 US Census by the Census's own race and ethnicity groups. The Census suppresses a share when the count behind it is small.

| Group | Share |
|---|---|
| White (not Hispanic) | 4.4% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 15% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 76% |
| Two or more races | 3.4% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Pu in Qing dynasty.

## People named Pu

- Puru, artist, descendant of the imperial clan of the Qing Dynasty (1896-1963)

## Similar surnames

Pugh, Paugh, Pough, Peugh, Poe, Powe, Pye, Peay, Phu, Paw, Pai, Pfau.

## How to read these numbers

A Census count is people alive and counted in 2010, not births, and names occurring fewer than 100 times are not published at all. Ethnicity shares are the Census's own categories.