What is the population of Bu surname in China?

The population of China is about 510.6 million, accounting for 0.038% of the total population.

The Bu family is a typical multi-ethnic and multi-source surname group, ranking ninety-second in the current surname list, with a population of about 510.6 million, accounting for about 0.038% of the total population in China.

The surname of Bu originated from the surname of Si, a wizard under the Xia Dynasty, and belonged to the official rank. Witch, in charge of divination in Xia and Shang Dynasties; During the Zhou Dynasty, the official in charge of divination was called Bu Zheng, and his descendants took the official as their surname, and they were called diviners from generation to generation. According to the historical records "Tongzhi", "Bu Shi, Zhou Libu is also a person. Lu Youbu Chuqiu, Jin Youbu Yan and Chu Youbu Tu were all ordered by Bu, and later they thought they were surnames. Such as Zhong Ni disciple Bugao Tuye. " Bu surname is an official position and occupation, which belongs to the skill category and comes from the ancient divination major. The history book "The History of Taoism" also records: "Xia Qi has the Abu family, and Shu Xiushu has the Abu family." This is the earliest branch of the origin of Boucher. According to the historical record "Customs Pass", in the summer of that year, Taikang's younger brother was sealed in Xin (the old city is in the southeast of Heyang, Shaanxi Province), because his younger brother used to be a divination official, and later took the official name as his surname, which was called Bu Shi.

The earliest record about the origin of divination is Lu Shi, a scholar in Song Dynasty. According to "The History of Taoism", "Xia Qi has Abu family, and Shu Embroidered Uncle has Abu family." This is the earliest branch of the origin of Boucher.