Bai Jia Xing compound surname #20
申屠
申屠 is read as Shēntú. It is one of the 60 compound surnames in the expanded Bai Jia Xing sequence.
Shēntú
Simplified and traditional 申屠
state-plus-place surname, often explained from Shen and Tuyuan
Earth
Time: Spring and Autumn to Warring States, 770-221 BCE
Place: Tuyuan around present-day Heyang, Shaanxi
Origin
申屠 is commonly explained as a compound of Shen and a place called Tuyuan, with traditions locating the place around modern Heyang, Shaanxi. Other variants such as 申徒 or 胜屠 occur in surname sources, so the origin should be treated as a transmitted territorial tradition.
Name meaning
The surname has an old territorial sound, preserving both state and locality. Shentu Jia makes it visible in Western Han political history.
Historical figures
申屠嘉 Shentu Jia
Shentu Jia was a Western Han chancellor under Emperor Wen.