Chinese surnames

裴

péi · Pei

Order in the Hundred Family Surnames
No. 197
Ancestral seat (junwang)
河东
Wikidata
Q13220142

In other languages

  • German Pei
  • English Pei
  • Spanish Pei
  • French Pei
  • Korean 페이
  • Russian Пэй
  • Vietnamese Bùi

Notable historical bearers

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

  • Pei Songzhi372 – 451

    Chinese historian and politician (372–451)

  • Pei Xiu224 – 271

    Chinese cartographer and geographer (224-271)

  • Pei Wenzhong1904 – 1982

    Chinese paleontologist and paleoanthropologist (1904–1982)

  • Mario Pei1901 – 1978

    American linguist and philologist (1901-1978)

  • Bui Thi Xuan1752 – 1802

    18th century Vietnamese female general during the Tây Sơn Rebellion

  • Pei Du765 – 839

    chancellor under 4 Emperors

  • Bui Tin1927 – 2018

    Vietnamese soldier, political dissident and defector (1927–2018)

  • Pei Yan? – 684

    Chancellor during the reign of Emperor Gaozong of Tang

  • Pei Ju547 – 627

    chancellor during the reign of Emperor Gaozu of Tang (547-627)

  • Pei Ji570 – 629

    Chinese general (570-629)

  • Pei Xingjian619 – 682

    Tang dynasty person CBDB = 31906

  • Pei Xiu791 – 864

    Tang Dynasty official and chancellor (791-864)

  • Pei Yuanshao200 – 300

    Fictional character from the Romance of the Three Kingdoms

  • Pei Wei (Jin dynasty)267 – 300

    jin dynasty minister and Xuanxue thinker

  • Pei Xing825 – 880

    Tang dynasty writer

  • Pei Di714 – 800

    Tang dynasty poet

  • Pei Mian703 – 770

    chancellor during the reigns of Emperor Suzong of Tang and Emperor Daizong of Tang

  • Pei Yaoqing681 – 743

    chancellor during the reign of Emperor Xuanzong of Tang

  • Pei Ji701 – 811

    chancellor during the reign of Emperor Xianzong of Tang

  • Pei Shu841 – 905

    chancellor for two Emperors

  • 裴宣454 – 511
  • Pei Qian150 – 244

    Cao Wei politician

  • Pei Guangting676 – 733

    Chinese chancellor

  • Pei Zunqing601 – 775

    chancellor of Tang Dynasty

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).