# Tu (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/tu/  
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) | 9,230 |
| US rank (2010) | 3,835 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 33,450 people |
| Change since 2000 | +35% (6,826 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Etymology

Borrowed from Chinese. Most likely from the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of Mandarin 屠 (Tú) or 涂 (Tú).

## Who carries it

Share of people named Tu 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) | 1.9% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 1.5% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 94% |
| Two or more races | 2.3% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Tu in the United States and Australia.

## People named Tu

- Meilen Tu, American tennis player
- Li Tu, Australian tennis player

## Similar surnames

Tuohy, Thao, Thai, To, Ta, Toy, Tew, Tai, Tao, Tye, Towe, Toohey.

## 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.