Che (surname)

Che (车/車)
Pronunciation	Chē (Mandarin)
Language(s)	Chinese
Origin
Language(s)	Old Chinese
Other names
Derivative(s)	Cha (Korean)

Che^[1] is the Mandarin pinyin romanization of the Chinese surname written 车 in simplified Chinese and 車 in traditional Chinese. It is listed 229th in the Song dynasty classic text Hundred Family Surnames.^[2] As of 2008, it is the 191st most common surname in China, shared by 540,000 people.^[3] It is romanized Cha in Korean.

Notable people

• Che Zhou (車冑; died 199 AD), Eastern Han dynasty general under Cao Cao
• Che Yin (车胤; 4th century), Eastern Jin dynasty official
• Che Wanyu (車萬育; 1632–1705), Qing dynasty scholar-official
• Che Dingjin (車鼎晉; 1668–1733), Qing dynasty scholar and poet, son of Che Wanyu
• Che Yonghong (車永宏; 1833–1914), martial artist, Xing Yi Quan master
• Che Qingyun (車慶雲; 1881–?), Republic of China general
• Che Xiangchen (车向忱; 1898–1971), Vice-Governor of Liaoning province
• Che Jun (车俊; born 1955), deputy party secretary of Xinjiang
• Che Yanjiang (車炎江; born 1969), Taiwanese singer
• Stephanie Che (born 1974), Hong Kong singer and actress
• Che Yongli (born 1980), actress
• Che Runqiu (born 1990), football player
• Che Samuel (born 1991), pharmacist and entrepreneur

References

1. The approximate pronunciation in English is /ˈtʃə/
2. "百家姓" [Hundred Family Surnames] (in Chinese). Guoxue. Retrieved 2014-10-25.
3. 中国最新300大姓排名（2008） [300 most common surnames in China (2008)] (in Chinese). Taiwan.cn. 2009-01-06. Retrieved 2014-10-25.