Frequency: (240)
(number of times this surname appears in a sample database of 88.7 million names, representing one third of the 1997 US population)
Chinese 司徒: unusual for a Chinese surname, this name is composed of two characters. Situ was the title of an official post, the minister of education, during the Zhou dynasty (1122-221 bc). Descendants of an important situ of this period adopted his official title as their surname.
GIVEN NAMES: Chinese 61%; Vietnamese 6%. Ming (5), Yan (4), Chao (3), Jian (3), Wen (3), Chi (2), Guo (2), Jian Min (2), Sumei (2), Geng, Guo Hui, Guo Qiang; Hao (2), Bao, Can, Cong, Hai, Hoi, Long, Mai, Xuan.
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