Is Stuart a surname?

Situ surname, one of the compound surnames of the Han nationality, is named after the official position. According to "Imperial Century", Shun was a local official in Yao's era, responsible for managing people, land and education, and his position was equivalent to that of prime minister. During the Zhou Dynasty, it was called Da Situ, a local official. Among the descendants of Shun's branch, there is a surname named after the official position, called Situ.

The official position of "Situ" was first in Tang Yu's time and spread to the Zhou Dynasty. It was listed as one of the six famous ministers in the Qing Dynasty, and was responsible for managing the national religion. When the Han Dynasty mourned the emperor, he changed the prime minister to Da Situ, and was ranked as "Three Fairs" with Fu and Da. In the Qing dynasty, it was commonly known as the Minister of Household Affairs as Da Situ. Situ's population ranks 536th with a population of 45,000.

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Situ originated from Ji's surname, came from descendants, and took the official title as his surname. "Situ" is an ancient official name, which began more than 4000 years ago in the Tang Dynasty and was responsible for managing and educating the people and administrative affairs. When Emperor Yao was the leader of the Yanhuang tribe, Shun was the local official of Emperor Yao and was in charge of land affairs, so it was also called "Tusi".

After Shun proclaimed himself emperor, Dayu was Shu Ren and the deed was Stuart. Qi was the ancestor of Shang clan, and later was Stuart. Si Tuleideng's name and function have been debated in different dynasties. For example, in the pre-Qin period, it was called the Minister of Household Affairs as a big secretary. According to Records of the Historian and Genealogy, among Yu Shun's descendants, there are those who take the official name as their surname, which are called Si Qian's, and some who later changed the provincial slips to a single surname Si's, all of which are handed down from generation to generation.