Yu (surname 于)

According to the 2006 census of People's Republic of China, it ranks 38th nationally.

375th-most common name shared by 0.0074% of the population or 99,000 people, with the province with the most being Jiangsu.

According to history records, after Zhou Wu Wang (surname Ji) overthrew the Shang Dynasty, he created many dukes.

The Yu lived in Kaifeng and Chenliu areas in Henan for a long period of time, becoming prominent families there.

After the Tang (618-907AD) and Song (960-1127 AD) dynasties, Yu families started to move to Huiji (now in Shaoxing, Zhejiang Province).