Xie (surname)

Xie (; ) is a Chinese-language surname. The same surname is usually romanized as Hsieh in Taiwan. It is estimated that there are more than ten million people around the world, mostly of Chinese descent, with this surname, most of whom live in Taiwan, Southern China, South East Asia, and North America. It is particularly common in Taiwan where it is the 13th most common surname in 2016.

It is also very common in the East Asian diaspora which historically tended to have disproportionately emigrated out of southern China. A 2013 study found that Xie was the 23rd most common surname in China, with 0.79% of the population having this surname. In 2019 it was again the 23rd most common surname in mainland China. Most Xie are from southern China. It is the 34th name on the ''Hundred Family Surnames'' poem.

The surname originated in two major branches: during the Three Sovereigns and Five Emperors period, and near the end of the Western Zhou dynasty. It was a prominent aristocratic clan in the Eastern Jin dynasty of China. The hometown of the Xie is Kaifeng, Henan Province. Provided by Wikipedia