The Hu surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 19,999 people carried this name — #1,797 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 14,700 people counted. That is up 66% from 12,056 in 2000.
Where the name comes from
The origin of the Hu surname
A common surname from Chinese of east Asian derivation.
From Chinese 胡 (hú). For less common variants, see Hu.
From Wiktionary, the free dictionary (en.wiktionary.org) — entry «Hu» (English), by Wiktionary contributors · licensed CC BY-SA 4.0 (creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0) · excerpt, lightly adapted.
In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 513 people named Hu.
121 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 33 départements, most often Pas-de-Calais.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere they were born
Fichier des personnes décédées, INSEE — Licence Ouverte 2.0 · deaths recorded in France since 1970, by place of birth.
In Switzerland’s population statistics
370 people named Hu live in Switzerland.
They live in 16 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Zurich.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere they live today
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 243 people named Hu 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 Antwerp.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere they live today
Statbel (Statistics Belgium), family names of the population by municipality, 1 January 2026 — CC BY 4.0.
In Poland’s population register
20 people named Hu have a registered home in Poland.
Of the 367 in Poland’s national register, these are the ones with a permanent address on file. They live in 4 of Poland’s 16 voivodeships, most of all in Masovian.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they live today
PESEL register, Ministry of Digital Affairs of Poland (dane.gov.pl) — CC0 · living people by voivodeship of permanent residence, 20 January 2026.
In the Nordic population registers
496 people named Hu 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
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.
Who carried it
People named Hu,
with a public archive behind them.
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Hu Zhengyan d. 1674 · politician -
Hu Zhengyan d. 1672 · politician
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Hu Zhengyan d. 1674 · politician
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Hu Zhengyan d. 1672 · politician
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Hu Shengyou d. 1691 · politician
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Hu Fu d. 1522 · politician
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Hu.
- Hovsepian 1,060 · U.S. census
- Howald 619 · U.S. census
- Howard 264,826 · U.S. census
- Hoy 9,196 · U.S. census
- Hoyer 3,589 · U.S. census
- Hoyos 3,694 · U.S. census
- Hua 6,939 · U.S. census
- Huan 248 · U.S. census
- Huang 72,328 · U.S. census
- Huard 1,360 · U.S. census
- Hube 148 · U.S. census
- Huber 37,170 · U.S. census
When the index is not enough
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