Chinese surnames

叶

yè · Ye

Order in the Hundred Family Surnames
No. 256
Ancestral seat (junwang)
南阳
Wikidata
Q709443

In other languages

  • German Ye
  • English Ye
  • Spanish Ye
  • French Yeh
  • Japanese 葉
  • Korean 예
  • Russian Е
  • Vietnamese Diệp
  • Traditional Chinese 葉

Notable historical bearers

Deceased people recorded in Wikidata with this family name, ordered by how many Wikipedias cover them.

  • Ip Man1893 – 1972

    Hong Kong martial artist (1893–1972)

  • Ye Jianying1897 – 1986

    former Head of State of the People's Republic of China (1897-1986)

  • Ye Shengtao1894 – 1988

    Chinese writer (1894-1988)

  • Ye Mingchen1807 – 1859

    Qing politician (1807-1859)

  • Ye Qun1920 – 1971

    Chinese political figure; wife of Lin Biao (1920-1971)

  • Yap Ah Loy1837 – 1885

    Malaysian politician (1837-1885)

  • Ye Ting1896 – 1946

    Chinese lieutenant general (1896-1946)

  • George Yeh1904 – 1981

    Chinese politician and diplomat (1904–1981)

  • Ye Fei1914 – 1999

    Chinese general, Commander of Chinese Navy, Governor of Fujian Province

  • Ye Yonglie1940 – 2020

    Chinese science fiction writer (1940-2020)

Find printed genealogies

The Shanghai Library holds one of the largest collections of Chinese family genealogies (jiapu). Its genealogy platform lists each genealogy's title, ancestral place, founding ancestor, hall name and holding library. Search there by surname and your family's ancestral place.

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Sources: the Hundred Family Surnames (public domain) with ancestral seats from the chinese-poetry dataset (MIT); spellings and people from Wikidata (CC0).