Che (surname) explained

Che (车/車)
Pronunciation:	Chē (Mandarin); Ku (Hokkien)
Language:	Chinese
Language origin:	Old Chinese
Meaning:	Chariot, wagon
Derivative:	Cha (Korean)

Che is the Mandarin pinyin romanization of the Chinese surname written in traditional Chinese and in simplified Chinese. It is listed 229th in the Song dynasty classic text Hundred Family Surnames.^[1] As of 2008, it is the 191st most common surname in China, shared by 540,000 people.^[2] It is romanized Cha in Korean.

Notable people

Catherine Che (1952 - 2021), Hong Kong ten-pin bowling player
Che Chew Chan (born 1982), Malaysian taekwondo practitioner
Che Chi Man (born 1975), Macanese footballer
Che Chi-ming (born 1957), Hong Kong chemist
Che Dingjin (車鼎晉; 1668–1733), Qing dynasty scholar and poet, son of Che Wanyu
Che Feng (born 1970), Chinese business mogul
Che Hongcai (born 1936), Chinese linguist
Che Jun (born 1955), Chinese politician and Governor of Zhejiang province
Che Mah (1838–1926), Chinese dwarf
Che Mian (born 1983), Chinese Paralympic athlete
Che Qingyun (車慶雲; 1881–?), Republic of China general
Che Runqiu (born 1990), football player
Che Shiwei (born 1996), Chinese footballer
Stephanie Che (born 1974), Hong Kong singer and actress
Che Xiangchen (车向忱; 1898–1971), Vice-Governor of Liaoning province
Che Xiaoxi (born 1993), Chinese table tennis player
Che Yanjiang (車炎江; born 1969), Taiwanese singer
Che Yin (車胤; 4th century), Eastern Jin dynasty official
Che Yonghong (車永宏; 1833–1914), martial artist, xingyiquan master
Che Yongli (born 1980), actress
Che Wanyu (車萬育; 1632–1705), Qing dynasty scholar-official
Che Zhihong (born 1975), Chinese handball player
Che Zhou (車冑; died 199 AD), Eastern Han dynasty general under Cao Cao

Notes and References

Web site: 百家姓 . Hundred Family Surnames . Guoxue . Chinese . 2014-10-25.
Web site: http://www.taiwan.cn/zppd/XSDG/200901/t20090106_811068.htm . zh:中国最新300大姓排名（2008）. 300 most common surnames in China (2008) . Taiwan.cn . Chinese . 2009-01-06 . 2014-10-25.