Fu (Mandarin: 傅 Fùⓘ; Hokkien: Poh) is an ancient Han Chinese surname of imperial origin which is at least 4,000 years old.
The great-great-great-grandson of the Yellow Emperor, Dayou, bestowed this surname to his son Fu Yi and his descendants.
Dayou is the eldest son of Danzhu and grandson of Emperor Yao.
[1] It is also a sinicized surname for several clans of Manchurian nobility.
During the Qing dynasty, there was an ongoing process of sinicization of surnames, and many Manchurian clans such as the Fu', Fuca/Fucha, Fugiya, Fuciri, Fulkuru, Fujuri and Fulha adopted 傅 or 富 as their Han surname.