Yu in the US

  1. #703 Rosales
  2. #704 Kline
  3. #705 Solomon
  4. #706 Andrade
  5. #707 Yu
  6. #708 Hurst
  7. #709 Mosley
  8. #710 Santana
  9. #711 Mckee


as a Last Name

See Yu as a first name

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Meaning & Origins

Korean: there are four Chinese characters for the surname Yu. Some sources indicate the existence of as many as 230 clans, but only about twenty can be positively documented. Several of the clans are of Chinese origin. The largest Yu clan, the Munhwa Yu, was founded by a man named Ch’a Tal. Ch’a's fifth great-grandfather had been involved in an attempt to overthrow the Shilla king. To avoid prosecution, the ancestor fled to Munhwa and changed his surname, first to that of his maternal grandmother, Yang, and then to Yu. Many years later, Ch’a Tal assisted Wang Kŏn to establish the Koryŏ Kingdom. Ch’a was recognized for his support and was rewarded accordingly. Ch’a's eldest son began again to use the Ch’a surname, but his younger son continued to use Yu. The Munhwa Yu clan, along with the Andong Kwŏn clan, possesses one of the oldest extant clan genealogies in Korea.
707th in the U.S.

Nicknames & variations

Yi, Ye, Yue, Yo, Ya, Yuh, Yy, Yui, Yh, Yuu

Quick facts

Tens of Thousands
of people in the U.S have this name
to be exact
has the most people named Yu per capita

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