The origin and history of Hu surname can be traced back to the descendants of Gui in ancient times. In the early years of the Western Zhou Dynasty, Hu Gongman, a descendant of Shundi, was named Hou and moved to Wanqiu, Chen and posthumous title, so it was also called Hu Gongman. Most descendants of Chen Guogong take their ancestors posthumous title as their surname, or take the fief "Hu" as their surname, which is called Hu.

The origin of Hu surname can be traced back to the descendants of ancient sage Yu Shun. Hu's birthplace refers to the fief of Chen State, which is now Huaiyang County, Henan Province. Since then, the Hu family has taken this as the origin, and the descendants have gradually expanded to various places, so there is the current Hu surname.

In this way, the ancestor of Hu's surname should be Hu Gong, who was named Chen's land more than 3,000 years ago. Hu originated from and its descendants spread all over the world. During the Three Kingdoms period, Hu Zhi, Hou Ting of Weiyang Mausoleum, lived in Anding, Shaanxi.