The surname Zhuge is a compound surname. Most of the surname Zhuge derives from the surname Ge. The outstanding representatives of the surname Zhuge include Zhuge Liang, the prime minister of Shu Han in the Three Kingdoms period, and Zhuge Jin, the general of the State of Wu. Zhuge's origin is single.
As early as the Shang Dynasty, Ge Bo, a descendant of Bo Yi, was granted the title of vassal. After the downfall, a branch of the later generation moved to Zhucheng (today's Zhucheng in Shandong Province), and then moved to Yangdu (today's Yinan County in Shandong Province). There was a Ge surname there, so the later Ge surname took the word "Zhuge" as their surname.
Ge Ying (General Chen Sheng) of the Qin Dynasty made many achievements in the peasant uprisings, but he was killed because of slander. Later Emperor Liu Che of the Han Dynasty, because of his grievances, gave his descendants the title of Marquis of the Counties. Therefore, later generations took the words "Zhu" and "Ge", which were the same surname as "Zhuge"; In addition, there is a surname of "Zhange". In the language family of Qi, "Zhan" and "Zhu" are indistinguishable. After a long time, it was mistakenly passed as "Zhuge". Zhuge, a famous family with compound surname, lives in Langxie County. The first emperor of the Qin Dynasty set up prefectures. It is equivalent to the area around the cities in Shandong Province, Linyi City, and the original Jiaonan County of Qingdao.
