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邬 Wu — a rarer surname
76.1 / 100 overall fit
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| Pinyin | Wu |
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| Strokes | 6 |
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| Commonness | outside the top 100 |
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| Type | single-character |
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Where the surname comes from
A surname from the ancient state of Wu, in today's Shanxi.
Why it scores this way
Easy to say96
Reads the way it looks for an English speaker — no sounds English doesn't have.
Recognised in China45
Outside the top 100 — distinctive, but some people will ask you to repeat or write it.
Easy to write90
6 strokes — one of the simpler surnames to write and sign.
People who carried this name
- Wu Junmei — Actress (b.1962), starred in The Last Emperor and other international films.
- Wu Hequan — Chinese engineer, academician of CAE, expert in optical fiber communication networks.
- Wu Cangping — Chinese demographer, professor at Renmin University, pioneer of population studies in China.
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