Situ (surname)

Situ
Chinese 司徒
Hanyu Pinyin Sītú
Yale Romanization Sītòuh

Situ, also romanised from Cantonese as Szeto or Seto, or from Taishanese as Soohoo, is one of the more common surviving Chinese compound surnames.[1] It originated from the ancient Chinese title Situ, which can be translated as "Minister over the Masses".[2][3] The surname is common in Guangdong province, particularly around Kaiping.[1]

People with this surname include:

  • Situ Qiao (司徒喬; 1902–1958), Chinese oil painter
  • Situ Huimin (司徒慧敏; 1910–1987), Chinese film director
  • Situ Guong (司徒光; 1911–?), Chinese Olympic long jumper
  • Szeto Wai (司徒惠; 1913–1991), Hong Kong engineer and architect
  • Szeto Wah (司徒華; 1931–2011), Hong Kong politician
  • Sitoh Yih Pin (司徒宇斌; born 1963), Singaporean politician
  • Szeto Kam-Yuen (司徒錦源; 1964–2012), Hong Kong screenwriter
  • Andy Seto (司徒劍僑; born 1969), Hong Kong comic artist
  • Carwai Seto (司徒加慧; born 1973), Canadian swimmer who represented Taiwan at the 1988 Summer Olympics
  • Szeto Man Chun (司徒文俊; born 1975), Hong Kong football manager
  • Hayden Szeto (司徒頌曦; born 1985), Canadian television actor
  • Nikki SooHoo (司徒少英; born 1988), American television actress
  • Brandon Soo Hoo (born 1995), American television actor
  • Antony Szeto (司徒永華), Australian film director based in Hong Kong
  • Dixon Seeto (司徒新耀), Fijian businessman

References

  1. 1 2 In USA, Canada, etc, Situ also spell as Szutu. Louie, Emma Woo (1988). Chinese American Names: Tradition and Transition. McFarland. p. 71, 176. ISBN 9780786438778.
  2. ↑ Lim, SK (2013). Origin of Chinese Names. Singapore: Asiapac Books. pp. 72, 86.
  3. ↑ "司徒姓的起源 百家姓中司徒姓的起源是什么？". qulishi.com. 5 May 2014. Retrieved 24 December 2017.

Further reading

  • 司徒成标 [Situ Chengbiao] (2001). 《司徒氏宗族硏究》 [Situ Clan Lineage Research]. 廣東人民出版社 [Guangdong People's Publishing House]. ISBN 9787218038377.
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