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HU [pronounced as AW in Hokkien or WU in Cantonese] had been established as a surname some 3000 years ago, way back during the Zhou Dynasty. Originally, it was a title given to a fuedal lord as part of the ruling regime in the CHEN state [present location is in WEIYANG district within the HENAN province, which is south ofthe Huanghe Yellow river]. The HU clan had also established a small warring state of HU which supported a larger warring state of CHU. Subseqently, this small state of HU was eliminated, but the cIan's surname HU remained till today. Many centuries later, the HU clan migrated south to FUJIAN [Hokkien province] and the northern and eastern parts of GUANGDONG [Thieochew / Cantonese area] Today HU is the 13th largest surname in PRC with approximately 30 million Hans having this surname. " My name is Oh Keng Huat, OH, pronounce as AW in Hokkien, KENG, pronounce as KING. In Hokkien KENG is Frame as in picture frame, & HUAT, pronounce as Huwat. In Hokkien Huat is Prosperity. Keng Huat means Framed for Prosperity.