Hui (surname) explained

Hui
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Hui is a surname. It is the Hanyu Pinyin spelling of two Chinese surnames (and), as well as a variant spelling of two others (Xǔ and Fèi).

Origins

Surname Huì (惠)

The Chinese character used to write this surname means "favour" or "benefit". It is the 204th surname in the traditional poem Hundred Family Surnames. The Mingxian Shizu Yanxing Leigao[1] section of the Siku Quanshu encyclopedia states that this surname was adopted from the posthumous name of King Hui of Zhou (676–651 BC). The descendants who adopted the surname settled in Jiangsu and Zhejiang provinces. During the Qing Dynasty, some Manchu people also adopted this surname.[2]

In Sino-Korean pronunciation, this character is read Hye. It is not used as a surname in modern Korea, but can be found as an element of Korean given names.[3] [4] In Sino-Vietnamese pronunciation, it is read Huệ.[5]

Surname Huí (回)

The Chinese character used to write this surname means "return". It does not appear in Hundred Family Surnames. Sources published during the Song dynasty, including the Guangyun dictionary, Xingjie,[6] the section "Given Names Used as Surnames" (Chinese: 以名為氏) in the Tongzhi encyclopedia, and , state three origins for this surname:[7] [8]

  1. It was originally the personal name of Fang Hui (Chinese: 方回), an official who served under Emperor Yao
  2. It was originally the personal name of Wu Hui (Chinese: 吳回), a son of the legendary Zhurong. Wu Hui's son Sun later took Hui as his surname.
  3. It is found as a surname among the Hui people (whose ethnonym is written with the same character). However, the sources do not explain its origin.

In Sino-Korean pronunciation, this character is read Hoe. It is not used as a surname in modern Korea, and only rarely as an element of given names.[3] [4] In Sino-Vietnamese pronunciation, it is read Hồi.[9]

Other

Hui may be the spelling of two other Chinese surnames, based on their pronunciation in different varieties of Chinese; they are listed below by their spelling in Hanyu Pinyin, which reflects the Mandarin Chinese pronunciation:[8]

Statistics

According to reports in 2014, the surname Huì meaning "favour" was the 262nd-most-common surname in mainland China. It had roughly 298,000 bearers, primarily in Shaanxi, Henan, Shandong, and Jiangsu.[11]

According to statistics cited by Patrick Hanks, there were 581 people on the island of Great Britain and 34 on the island of Ireland with the surname Hui as of 2011. There were no people with the surname on the island of Great Britain in 1881.[8]

The 2010 United States Census found 5,768 people with the surname Hui, making it the 5,966th-most-common name in the country. This represented an increase from 5,282 (6,003rd-most-common) in the 2000 Census. In both censuses, more than nine-tenths of the bearers of the surname identified as Asian.[12] It was the 228th-most-common surname among respondents to the 2000 Census who identified as Asian.[13]

People

Surname Huì (惠)

Surname Huí (回)

Surname Xǔ (許)

Other or unknown

Notes and References

  1. Web site: https://ctext.org/wiki.pl?if=en&res=325648. zh:《名賢氏族言行類稿》. Chinese Text Project. 25 November 2018. Also available on Chinese Wikisource
  2. Book: Chao, Sheau-yueh J.. Genealogical Research on Chinese Surnames. Genealogical Publishing Company. 2000. 84. 9780806349466.
  3. Web site: 행정구역(구시군)/성씨·본관별 가구 및 인구. Family names by administrative region (district, city, county): separated by bon-gwan, households and individuals. Korean Statistical Information Service. 23 November 2018.
  4. Web site: 인명용 한자표. Table of hanja for use in personal names. Supreme Court of the Republic of Korea. Seoul. ko. August 2007. 20 November 2018. https://web.archive.org/web/20170829123222/http://help.scourt.go.kr/nm/img/hanja/hanja.pdf. 29 August 2017.
  5. Web site: 惠. Nom Foundation. 22 November 2018.
  6. Web site: https://ctext.org/wiki.pl?if=gb&res=573713. zh:《姓解》. Chinese Text Project. 25 November 2018.
  7. Book: Dan, Bo. https://books.google.com/books?id=0BMbAQAAMAAJ&q=%22回姓%22. 淡泊主編 [Dan Bo, editor]. zh:《中华万姓谱》. The Book of 10,000 Chinese Surnames. 第1卷. 中國檔案出版社 [China Archives Publishing House]. 2006. 600. 9787801666819.
  8. Book: Patrick. Hanks. Richard. Coates. Peter. McClure. The Oxford Dictionary of Family Names in Britain and Ireland. Oxford University Press. 2016. 9780192527479. 1352.
  9. Web site: 回. Nom Foundation. 22 November 2018.
  10. Book: Fielde, Adele M.. https://archive.org/stream/pronouncingdefin00fielrich#page/170/mode/2up. Adele M. Fielde. 費. A pronouncing and defining dictionary of the Swatow dialect, arranged according to syllables and tones. Shanghai. American Presbyterian Mission Press. 1883. 171.
  11. News: 惠Huì. Shanwei Daily. 16 April 2014. 25 November 2018.
  12. Web site: How common is your last name?. Newsday. 5 September 2018.
  13. Web site: Most common last names for Asians and Pacific Islanders in the U.S.. Mongabay. 8 January 2018.

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