Last name origins & meanings:
- Chinese:
 from the name of a state that existed
during the Zhou dynasty (in present-day Shaanxi province). When the
second king of the Zhou dynasty, Cheng Wang (1115–1079 bc),
defeated the state of Tang in present-day Shaanxi province, he changed
its name to Du and granted it to a descendant of the model emperor
Yao. Descendants of the new ruler subsequently adopted the place name
as their surname. - Chinese:
 from the names of two
princes of ancient territories, one from the state of Qi, and the
other from the state of Zhen. - Vietnamese (D{us}): unexplained.
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