Su Family History

Chinese: Mandarin form of the surname 蘇 the Chinese name for perilla (a herb of the mint family); also meaning ‘revive’ in Chinese: (i) from Su (蘇) the name of an ancient state (originally located in Henan province then moved to Hebei province) during the Xia dynasty (2070–1600 BC) and the Shang dynasty (1600–1046 BC). During the Western Zhou dynasty (1046–771 BC) the state of Su (蘇) was granted to Su Fen Sheng (蘇忿生) a revered official who made great contributions to the establishment of the Western Zhou dynasty. After the state was annexed by minority ethnic groups in northern China during the Spring and Autumn period (770–476 BC) the name of the state was adopted as a surname. (ii) adopted as a surname by the Ba Lue (拔略) family from the Xianbei ethnic group in northern China during the Northern Wei dynasty (386–534 AD). (iii) traced back to the Wu Huan ethnic group and the Di ethnic group in northern China. Chinese: Mandarin form of the surname 㝛 meaning ‘lodge for the night’ in Chinese: (i) from Su (㝛) the name of an ancient state (located in Dongping in Shandong province) during the Western Zhou dynasty (1046–771 BC). (ii) adopted as a surname by the Su Liu Jin (㝛六斤) family from the Xianbei ethnic group in northern China during the Northern Wei dynasty (386–534 AD). Chinese: Mandarin form of the surname 粟 meaning ‘unhusked millet’ or ‘grain’ in Chinese: (i) from Su (粟) post name during the Qin dynasty (221–206 BC) in charge of grains or post name during the Western Han dynasty (206 BC–25 AD) in charge of army provisions (mainly consisting of grains). (ii) possibly misused form of another Chinese surname 宿 because of their similar pronunciations. Chinese: Cantonese form of the surname 舒. Also variant Romanization of the surname 束. See Shu 1 and Chinese: variant Romanization of the surnames 徐 胥 and 須 possibly based on their Hokkien pronunciation see Xu 1 3 and 5. Chinese: variant Romanization of the surnames 史 and 師 probably based on their Teochew Hokkien or Taiwanese pronunciations found in Fujian and Taiwan from where some people migrated to Malaysia Singapore and other parts of Southeast Asia. See Shi 2 and 7: Chinese: variant Romanization of the surname 司 see Si 8: Chinese: variant Romanization of the surname 蕭 (or 肖) see Xiao .9: Chinese: variant Romanization of the surname 褚 see Chu 10: Vietnamese (Sử): from the Chinese surname 史 see Shi

Source: Dictionary of American Family Names 2nd edition, 2022