Lu 逯 is listed 404th in the Song dynasty classic text Hundred Family Surnames.

[1] Relatively uncommon, Lu 逯 is the 356th most common surname in China, being shared by 121,000 people, with the province with the greatest number of people being Shandong.

According to the second-century Eastern Han dynasty text Fengsu Tongyi, Lu 逯 was a place name in the State of Qin of the Eastern Zhou dynasty, in modern Shaanxi province.

[2] According to the Song dynasty text Lushi, another origin of the Lu 逯 surname is the State of Chu, also of the Eastern Zhou dynasty.

This lineage of Lu is a branch of the Chu royal surname Mi.