It is the real Han surname, which comes from the descendant of Hou Ji, the ancestor of Zhou surname, and takes the official name as the surname. According to Yuan He's compilation, "Sun Gong Cliff of Luqing Palace is the Xi Mausoleum, because of its surname Langya." According to "Surname First Aid", "Fu Shi, Sun Ya of Lu Qinggong, is from Fu Qin Mausoleum, because of his surname." The above documents show that Fu's surname has a history of more than 2000 years in the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period.

Most Fu surnames of Manchu people come from the Jurchen family. The history of the simplified Fu surname is no more than 200 years.

The symbol of Han surname is pronounced as Fú, (sound, fu), and the symbol of Manchu surname is pronounced as Fü, (sound, fu).