Pu Family History
Pu Name Meaning
Chinese: Mandarin form of the surname 蒲 meaning ‘bulrush reedmace’ in Chinese: (i) borne by descendants of the chief of the Western Qiang ethnic groups in northwestern China. It is said that giant bulrushes grew in a pond belonging to this family which earned them the surname Pu (蒲). (ii) from the first element of Pu Ban(蒲坂) the name of an ancient fief (located in Shanxi province) said to be granted to a descendant of Emperor Shun (c. 23rd century
Source: Dictionary of American Family Names 2nd edition, 2022