Bǔ (卜) is a Chinese surname. It is the 210th most common Chinese surname, being shared by 510,000 or 0.038% of the population, with Jiangsu being the province with the most people.^[1] It is the 92nd name on the Hundred Family Surnames poem.^[2]

Notable people

• Bu Xiangzhi (卜祥志; born 1985) is a Chinese chess player. In 1999, he became the 10th grandmaster from China
• Bu Tao, (卜涛; born 1983 in Xi'an, Shaanxi, China) is a Chinese baseball player who is a left-handed pitcher
• Bu Hua (卜桦; born 1973) a digital artist based in Beijing, China, best known for her flash animation works
• Bu Xin (Chinese: 卜鑫; born 17 May 1987 in Tangshan) is a Chinese football player who currently plays for China League One side Guangdong South China Tiger
• Michał Boym (Chinese: 卜彌格; pinyin: Bǔ Mígé; c. 1612 – 1659) was a Polish Jesuit missionary to China, scientist and explorer. He was an early Western
• Bu Shang (卜商, 507–c. 420 BC), commonly known by his courtesy name Zixia or as Buzi (Master Bu), was an ancient Chinese philosopher and a prominent disciple
• Bu Wancang (卜萬蒼, 1900 – 1973), also known by his English name Richard Poh, was a prolific Chinese film director and screenwriter
• Boh Soon Ho (卜顺和; born 1968), Malaysian cafeteria worker and convicted murderer