Han Dynasty to the period of the North and South Dynasties, the Du Clan in today's Henan Province is more widely distributed, such as Nanyang, Neihuang, Weihui, Dengfeng, Yanshi, Xuchang, Linxian, Dengzhou, Linbao, Luoyang, Xinye, etc. have their clansmen; Xi'an, Shaanxi Province, Du Clan is more prosperous. In addition, today's Sichuan, Deyang, Penshan, Mianyang, Chengdu, Shanxi, Yongji, Taiyuan, Anhui Lujiang Huoshan, Hangzhou, Zhejiang, Xiangyang, Hubei, Jiangsu Gaoyou, Hebei Linzhang, Zhengding, Shandong Weifang, Zhangqiu and other places, there are also Du's settlements.
The Du is the fifty-third largest surname in Taiwan, mainly located around Taipei, followed by Miaoli, Hsinchu, Tainan, Changhua, and Taichung. It started roughly during the Yongli period (1647 AD) at the end of the Ming Dynasty. In the area around Douliu in Yunlin, there was Zheng Gong Tun Sheng, surnamed Du, who arrived at the area to reclaim the land. The end of the Qing Kangxi (1722 AD), there are Du surname to the present Miaoli County, after the dragon town to open the foundation; into the end of the Qianlong Fujian Du Ruimao and Du Luang Cheng, into the reclamation of the present Taipei Tamshui Township, such as Shen Ao Li. Some of them migrated overseas. Some and then migrated overseas.