Che (surname)

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

Che (车/車)
PronunciationChē (Mandarin); Ku (Hokkien)
Language(s)Chinese
Origin
Language(s)Old Chinese
MeaningChariot, wagon
Other names
Derivative(s)Cha (Korean)

Notable people
  • Catherine Che (1952–2021), Hong Kong ten-pin bowling player
  • Che Chew Chan (born 1982), Malaysian taekwondo practitioner
  • Che Chi Man (born 1975), Macanese footballer
  • Che Chi-ming (born 1957), Hong Kong chemist
  • Che Dingjin (車鼎晉; 1668–1733), Qing dynasty scholar and poet, son of Che Wanyu
  • Che Feng (born 1970), Chinese business mogul
  • Che Hongcai (born 1936), Chinese linguist
  • Che Jun (born 1955), Chinese politician and Governor of Zhejiang province
  • Che Mah (1838–1926), Chinese dwarf
  • Che Mian (born 1983), Chinese Paralympic athlete
  • Che Qingyun (車慶雲; 1881–?), Republic of China general
  • Che Runqiu (born 1990), football player
  • Che Shiwei (born 1996), Chinese footballer
  • Stephanie Che (born 1974), Hong Kong singer and actress
  • Che Xiangchen (车向忱; 1898–1971), Vice-Governor of Liaoning province
  • Che Xiaoxi (born 1993), Chinese table tennis player
  • Che Yanjiang (車炎江; born 1969), Taiwanese singer
  • Che Yin (車胤; 4th century), Eastern Jin dynasty official
  • Che Yonghong (車永宏; 1833–1914), martial artist, xingyiquan master
  • Che Yongli (born 1980), actress
  • Che Wanyu (車萬育; 1632–1705), Qing dynasty scholar-official
  • Che Zhihong (born 1975), Chinese handball player
  • Che Zhou (車冑; died 199 AD), Eastern Han dynasty general under Cao Cao

References
  1. "百家姓" [Hundred Family Surnames] (in Chinese). Guoxue. Retrieved 2014-10-25.
  2. 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.
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