The Fu surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 8,370 people carried this name — #4,235 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 35,200 people counted. That is up 49% from 5,624 in 2000.

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In Switzerland’s population statistics

127 people named Fu live in Switzerland.

They live in 8 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Zurich.

Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.

Where they live today

Zurich 57
Geneva 19
Vaud 19
Bern 9
Basel-Stadt 9
Basel-Landschaft 6
Aargau 5
Ticino 3

Swiss Federal Statistical Office (FSO), «Surnames of the permanent resident population by canton», 2025, opendata.swiss/en/dataset/nachnamen-der-standigen-wohnbevolkerung-nach-kanton3 · names with fewer than 3 bearers in a canton are not published.

In Belgium’s population register

At least 43 people named Fu live in Belgium.

Statbel only publishes a name in a municipality when five or more people there share it, so the real number is higher. Most of them live in Brussels-Capital.

Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.

Where they live today

Brussels-Capital 18
Flemish Brabant 14
Antwerp 11

Statbel (Statistics Belgium), family names of the population by municipality, 1 January 2026 — CC BY 4.0.

In France’s civil register

France’s register of deaths holds 31 people named Fu.

Most of them — 31 — were born outside France.

Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.

Where they were born

Born outside France 31

Fichier des personnes décédées, INSEE — Licence Ouverte 2.0 · deaths recorded in France since 1970, by place of birth.

In the Nordic population registers

276 people named Fu are counted in Sweden and Finland.

Sweden’s figure is from 31 December 2022, the last count Statistics Sweden published. Finland counts its citizens, at home or abroad.

Counted, by country

Sweden (2022) 248
Finland (2026) 28

Own calculations based on data from Statistics Sweden (SCB), surnames with at least two bearers, 31 December 2022 — CC BY 4.0 (names with 20 or more bearers shown) · Digital and Population Data Services Agency (DVV), Finland, surname statistics, August 2026 — CC BY 4.0.

In print

Fu in American newspapers,
1907–1922.

Newspaper page from The Lexington Advertiser carrying the name Fu
The Lexington Advertiser 1907-06-21
Newspaper page from The Evening World carrying the name Fu
The Evening World 1922-09-18

Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 2,753 pages in all carry the name.

In print

Fu in Australian newspapers,
1820s–2000s.

14,259 articles name a Mr, Mrs or Miss Fu. The most, 2,499, date from the 1910s.

Articles, by state

New South Wales 4,568
Victoria 3,736
Queensland 2,454
South Australia 1,930
Western Australia 726
Tasmania 710
ACT (Canberra) 97
Northern Territory 6

Trove, National Library of Australia (trove.nla.gov.au) · articles in its digitised newspapers that name a Mr, Mrs or Miss Fu.

Who carried it

People named Fu,
with a public archive behind them.

  • Fu Rugui d. 1771 · politician
  • Fu Qian d. 1017 · politician
  • Fu Zhan d. 37 · politician
  • Fu Long d. 27 · politician
  • Fu Rong d. 222 · politician
  • Fu Jiamo d. 706 · poet

Wikidata (CC0) · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.

In the public record

People named Fu,
in the records of 5 countries.

Soldiers, farmers, migrants and neighbours who carried the name and left a trace in public archives. Everyone shown here died long ago or was born more than a century ago.

United States131 records

131 records of the Fu name in the United States
  • U.S. alien registration index, 1940–1955 84
  • U.S. Army enlistment records, World War II 38
  • New York City birth, marriage and death certificates 7
  • Passenger arrivals in the United States, 1820–1912 1
  • U.S. veterans' cemetery records, burials to 2001 1
  1. A passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, arriving at New York in 1903
    Example: passenger manifest, 1903
    Passenger record Francesco Fu

    Arrived at New York in 1906 aboard the Cretic from Havre, aged 23; farmer. From Canzano, Teramo, Italy; bound for Jersey City.

    U.S. National Archives, Castle Garden Immigration Center Collection, Ship Passenger Records (unrestricted)
  2. A United States Selective Service registration card, 1942
    Example: U.S. registration card, 1942
    Military record Rell Marie L. Fu

    Born 1921 in Louisiana. Enlisted 1943 in the Women's Army Corps at Fort Oglethorpe, Georgia; teacher from Assumption Parish.

    U.S. National Archives, WWII Army Enlistment Records (public domain)
  3. The receipt card sent under the U.S. Alien Registration Act of 1940
    Example: U.S. alien registration card, 1940s
    Alien registration Lydia D. Fu

    Born 1919 in Shanghai, China. Entered the United States at Honolulu in 1949. Listed in the U.S. alien registration index, 1940–1955.

    U.S. National Archives, Flexoline Index Data File (public domain)

Showing 3 of 131 records for Fu in the United States.

Counts: U.S. National Archives, Flexoline Index Data File (public domain) · U.S. National Archives, WWII Army Enlistment Records (public domain) · NYC Department of Records & Information Services, Historical Vital Records (NYC Open Data) · U.S. National Archives, Castle Garden Immigration Center Collection, Ship Passenger Records (unrestricted) · U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, New York, 1903 (public domain); U.S. Selective Service registration card, 1942 (public domain); Alien Registration Receipt Card, Form AR-3, photo by Bobjgalindo via Wikimedia Commons (CC BY 4.0).

Netherlands6 records

6 records of the Fu name in the Netherlands
  • Dutch population registers 3
  • Dutch civil registers (births, marriages, deaths) 3
  1. A page of the Berlin civil register, 1880
    Example: civil register, 1880
    Death record Maria Fu

    Died 1925 in 's-Gravenhage, aged 69.

    Open Archives, Haags Gemeentearchief (CC BY 4.0)
  2. A page of the Berlin civil register, 1880
    Example: civil register, 1880
    Death record Chih Chai Fu

    Died 1956 in Rotterdam, aged 46.

    Open Archives, Stadsarchief Rotterdam (CC BY 4.0)
  3. A page of the 1910 United States census, Milwaukee
    Example: U.S. census, 1910
    Population register Tsin Kun Fu

    In the population register of Chekiang (China); born 1897 in Chekiang (China).

    Open Archives, Regionaal Archief Tilburg (CC BY 4.0)

Showing 3 of 6 records for Fu in the Netherlands.

Counts: Open Archives (CC BY 4.0). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Civil register, Berlin, 1880, Landesarchiv Berlin (CC0); U.S. census of 1910, Milwaukee (public domain).

Canada4 records

4 records of the Fu name in Canada
  • City of Calgary cemetery records 3
  • City of Winnipeg cemetery records 1
  1. Fairview Lawn Cemetery in Halifax, Nova Scotia
    Example: Canadian cemetery
    Burial record Sau Fong Fu

    Buried in 1990 at Queen's Park Cemetery, Calgary, Alberta, aged 72.

    City of Calgary. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – City of Calgary.
  2. Fairview Lawn Cemetery in Halifax, Nova Scotia
    Example: Canadian cemetery
    Burial record Mui Kiu Fu

    Died 1933; buried at Brookside Cemetery, Winnipeg, Manitoba.

    City of Winnipeg. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Winnipeg.
  3. Fairview Lawn Cemetery in Halifax, Nova Scotia
    Example: Canadian cemetery
    Burial record Lai Sim Long Fu

    Buried in 1988 at Queen's Park Cemetery, Calgary, Alberta.

    City of Calgary. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – City of Calgary.

Showing 3 of 4 records for Fu in Canada.

Counts: City of Calgary. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – City of Calgary. · City of Winnipeg. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Winnipeg. Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Fairview Lawn Cemetery, Halifax, photo by Edgar El (CC BY 3.0).

Australia4 records

4 records of the Fu name in Australia
  • Victoria wills and probate, deaths to 2001 2
  • Tasmanian Names Index 1
  • Victoria passenger lists, 1839–1923 1
  1. A petition to the probate court of St. Louis, 1848
    Example: probate petition, 1848
    Probate record Hi Gan Fu

    Retired of Sarawak Malaysia, Victoria; died 1996.

    Public Record Office Victoria (CC BY 4.0)
  2. A passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, arriving at New York in 1903
    Example: passenger manifest, 1903
    Passenger record Bertha Fu

    Arrived in Victoria in 1915 aboard the Osterley, aged 1.

    Public Record Office Victoria (CC BY 4.0)
  3. A page of the Berlin civil register, 1880
    Example: civil register, 1880
    Death record Alan Linsay Fu

    Died 1905 in Burnie, Tasmania.

    Libraries Tasmania, Tasmanian Names Index (CC BY 4.0)

Showing 3 of 4 records for Fu in Australia.

Counts: Public Record Office Victoria (CC BY 4.0) · Libraries Tasmania, Tasmanian Names Index (CC BY 4.0). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Petition to the probate court, St. Louis, 1848, Missouri Historical Society (public domain); Passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, New York, 1903 (public domain); Civil register, Berlin, 1880, Landesarchiv Berlin (CC0).

New Zealand1 record

1 record of the Fu name in New Zealand Christchurch City cemetery records
  1. A page of the burial register of Newtown, Wales, 1858
    Example: burial register, 1858
    Burial record Sing Fu

    Died 1917, aged 76; buried at Sydenham Cemetery, Christchurch, Canterbury.

    Christchurch City Council (CC BY 4.0)

Counts: Christchurch City Council (CC BY 4.0). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Burial register of Newtown, Montgomeryshire, 1858, National Library of Wales (CC0).

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