The surname Wu originated from the surname Ji of the Yellow Emperor and was born in Xinzheng, Henan Province, Yucheng County, Shangqiu City, Henan Province. The ancient Wu surnames were mainly distributed in Chenliu County (now Chenliu Town, Kaifeng City, Henan Province), Puyang County (now Puyang City, Henan Province) and Yanling County (now Changzhou City, Jiangsu Province).

The distribution of Wu surname in China is mainly concentrated in Guangdong, Fujian, Guangxi, Guizhou and Jiangsu provinces, accounting for about 34% of the total population of Wu surname, followed by Henan, Zhejiang, Hunan, Sichuan, Hubei, Shandong, Jiangxi and Anhui provinces, with a concentration of 4 1%.

Wu ranked sixth in the Song version of Hundred Family Names. According to the statistics of 20 18 of the relevant state departments, the total population of Wu is about 28.8 million, ranking 10.

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Wu, the collective name of Jiangsu and Zhejiang cultures in the east of China, is located in Taihu Lake area in the north and south of Zhejiang and all over Shanghai. This area has been in the same administrative unit for a long time (Huiji County, Jiangnan Dongdao Road and Liangzhe Road), and the language is Wu dialect.

Only in the Ming and Qing Dynasties did they belong to Zhejiang, Jiangsu and Shanghai, and their cultures, customs and languages were relatively close. In the pre-Qin period, Wu belonged to the land of Baiyue, and was called "Wu Gou" by the Central Plains, where many ancient Yue people lived.

Wu dialect and Wu culture can also be called language and culture.

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