Dugu (surname)

Dugu (獨孤) was a Chinese compound surname of Xianbei/Xiongnu origin. It is unclear if there are still Chinese people with the surname today, but there is a small Korean population (Namwon Dokgo clan) with this surname (pronounced Dokgo or Dokko (독고) in Korean) in North Korea, mainly in Ryongchon County and Uiju County near the Chinese border.

During the 6th century the Dugus were a powerful aristocratic family based in northwest China. They are best remembered today by the Dugu sisters, whose marriages linked the imperial families of 3 successive dynasties — the Northern Zhou (557–581), Sui (581–618), and Tang (618–907).

Notable people

• Dugu Xin (503–557), Western Wei general and official
• Dugu sisters (6th century), Dugu Xin's daughters
  • Empress Dugu (Northern Zhou) (died 558), Emperor Ming of Northern Zhou (Yuwen Yu)'s empress
  • Dugu Qieluo (544–602), Emperor Wen of Sui (Yang Jian)'s empress
• Consort Dugu (died 775), Emperor Daizong of Tang (Li Chu)'s concubine
• Dugu Sun (died 905), Tang dynasty minister
• Dugu Qiubai, a fictional character created by Jin Yong
• Dokgo Young-jae (born 1953), South Korean actor. (Dokgo is his stage surname)