Ke (surname)

Ke (Chinese: 柯; pinyin: Kē) is a Chinese surname. It originally appeared on the Hundred Family Surnames As of 2006 was no longer one of the top 100 most common surnames. A 2013 study found that it was the 145th most common surname, shared by 1.06 million people or 0.080% of the population, with the province most being Hubei. Also spelled as Quah, Qua, Kua, Kuah, Kwa, Ke, Ker, Ko, Kok, Or or O in English.

It is O in Cantonese. (Jyutping: o1)

Origin

There are several origins of this last name:

  1. the descendants of Duke Ke Lu (柯盧) of the State of Wu during the Spring and Autumn period;
  2. the descendants of a tribe in Northern Wei Dynasty whose surname was originally Keba (柯拔) but was simplified to Ke;
  3. the descendants of the Qiang tribe or the Xianbei tribe with the last name Ke.

One website lists it as originating from the town of Han in Zhejiang Province[1] while another states it originated in Jiyang Prefecture (located in present-day Dingtao County, Shandong Province) during the Jin Dynasty (265–420).[2]

Prominent people with the family name 柯

Cua Yi Lam, baptized as Domingo Lamco, patrilineal ancestor of Jose Rizal, Philippine national hero

Prominent people with the family name Kha

Kha is a Vietnamese variant of the family name Ke (柯)

See also

References
  1. Origin of the surname Ke, Ker, and Quah
  2. http://groups.google.com/group/soc.culture.china/browse_thread/thread/630137624253b983/f81dbafd6b9b7fff?lnk=st&q=#f81dbafd6b9b7fff
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