Chinese surnames

伍

wǔ · Wu

Order in the Hundred Family Surnames
No. 89
Ancestral seat (junwang)
安定
Wikidata
Q2652694

In other languages

  • German Wu
  • English Wu
  • Spanish Wǔ
  • French Wǔ
  • Korean 우
  • Vietnamese Ngũ

Notable historical bearers

Deceased people recorded in Wikidata with this family name, ordered by how many Wikipedias cover them.

  • Wu Lien-teh1879 – 1960

    Malaysian physician (1879–1960)

  • Wu Zixu526 BCE – 483 BCE

    Chinese Wu kingdom general and politician (died 484 BC)

  • Wu Ting-fang1842 – 1922

    Premier of the Republic of China (1842-1922)

  • Howqua1769 – 1843

    Chinese businessman (1769-1843)

  • Esther Eng1914 – 1970

    American film director and restauranteur

  • Wu Jinghua1931 – 2007

    Chinese politician (1931–2007)

  • Wu Chaoshu1887 – 1934

    Republic of China diplomat (1887–1934)

  • Wu Xiuquan1908 – 1997

    Chinese diplomat and politician, Vice Foreign Minister of China

  • Wu Xianwen1900 – 1985

    Chinese ichthyologist (1900-1985)

  • Howqua IV1810 – 1863

    Qing dynasty person CBDB = 65924

  • Sylvia Wu1915 – 2022

    Chinese-American restaurateur and cookbook author

  • Wu Chi-mei1898 – 1956

    Chinese physician and politician

  • Hanlin Wu1934 – 2022

    Chinese ichthyologist

  • Wu Qiong? – 190

    Han dynasty politician

  • Wu Shaozu1939 – 2012

    Chinese politician and general (1939-2012)

  • Wu Tse-yuan1945 – 2008

    Taiwanese politician

  • Wu Rongsheng1934 – 2025

    Chinese meteorologist

  • Ng Fong-wing1940 – 2008

    sports commentator and journalist from Hong Kong

Find printed genealogies

The Shanghai Library holds one of the largest collections of Chinese family genealogies (jiapu). Its genealogy platform lists each genealogy's title, ancestral place, founding ancestor, hall name and holding library. Search there by surname and your family's ancestral place.

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Sources: the Hundred Family Surnames (public domain) with ancestral seats from the chinese-poetry dataset (MIT); spellings and people from Wikidata (CC0).