Is Abu a noble surname?

It belongs to one of the four surnames of big noble, a southern Xiongnu.

The origin of the surname Bu is complex and has a long history. Even the surname Bu is hard to tell where it came from. There are many celebrities named Bu in every dynasty and generation. Nowadays, the surname Bu is widely distributed in China, especially in Jiangsu, Shandong, Anhui, Guangxi, Guangdong and Inner Mongolia. The surname of Bu in the above five provinces accounts for about 67% of the Han population in China.

From the surname of Si, from the wizards under Xia Dynasty, belonging to the official title. 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.