Xie
surname · Latin script
Recorded for both men and women· direction only, no split published
Xie is a surname written in the Latin script, with more bearers in China than in any other country. Recorded meaning: nonstandard spelling of xiē.
- CNChina≈1 in 575(inferred from the name graph)
- TWTaiwan≈1 in 3.2K
- SGSingapore≈1 in 4.6K
carrying the name, as counted by its national register where one exists and as Mondonomo estimates it elsewhere (marked ≈ and "est." on hover). One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.
- China (inferred from the name graph)
- Sources
- 307 (measured from records)
- ≈1 in 575 (inferred from the name graph)
≈2,400,000 people, est.
Highest-authority source
China, est.
measured from records inferred from the name graph
Meaning & origin(measured from records)
nonstandard spelling of xiē
Sources 1
- kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
Attested across 2 languages in the etymology graph.
Where in the world(measured from records)
Xie counted together with the spellings and other-language forms grouped with it. Where a register counted another spelling, the row names it.
Sorted by bearers: national registers' counts, and Mondonomo's estimates (≈, est.) where no register counts.
| Country | Most common spelling | Sources | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CN China | #569 | ≈2,400,000 est. | ≈1 in 575 | — | Xie | 177 |
| US United States | — | 9,716 | 1 in 34K | 16K | Xie | 307 |
| TW Taiwan | #415 | ≈7,400 est. | ≈1 in 3.2K | — | Xie | 88 |
| HK Hong Kong | #258 | ≈2,500 est. | ≈1 in 2.8K | — | Xie | 58 |
| CA Canada | — | ≈2,300 est. | ≈1 in 16K | — | Xie | 128 |
| SG Singapore | #654 | ≈1,400 est. | ≈1 in 4.6K | — | Xie | 66 |
| NZ New Zealand | — | ≈340 est. | ≈1 in 14K | — | Xie | 43 |
Exact figures are national registers' own counts, while figures marked ≈ and est. are Mondonomo’s estimates, counted from our sources and calibrated against those registers; hover one for how far to trust it in that country. A dash means neither exists.
Registers cited: Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2010; Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2020. Figures without a register are Mondonomo estimates; see Methodology.
Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table (how that works).
Other recorded senses(measured from records)
Xie is also recorded in 5 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.
In och, to leak, reduce; spread, distribute; be dispersed, relieved
as a wordSchuessler, ABC Etymological Dictionary of Old Chinese (2007)
In och, wedge, piece of wood between the teeth of a corpse
as a wordSchuessler, ABC Etymological Dictionary of Old Chinese (2007)
In omq-sjq, bad, unwell
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
In och, Can, aux. vb. expressing potentiality
as a wordSchuessler, ABC Etymological Dictionary of Old Chinese (2007)
In och, be slack, idle, careless; understand
as a wordSchuessler, ABC Etymological Dictionary of Old Chinese (2007)
Ordered by how much of this spelling's record each language holds, so a sense from a language the name is barely used in sits last rather than first.
Notable people with this name(measured from records)
- Patrick Tse Yinb. 1936CNnot in their usual nameHong Kong actor (1936–2026)
- You Xieb. 1958DEChinese-German politician and writer
- Renhōb. 1967JPnot in their usual nameJapanese politician (born 1967)
- Michael Tseb. 1967CNnot in their usual nameHong Kong actor and singer
- Xie Junb. 1970CNChinese chess player
- Tony Hsiehb. 1973USnot in their usual nameAmerican businessman (1973–2020)
- Nicholas Tseb. 1980CAnot in their usual nameHong Kong singer, actor, songwriter and chef (born 1980)
- Fiona Xieb. 1982SGSingaporean actress
- Hsieh Su-weib. 1986TWnot in their usual nameTaiwanese female tennis player
- Sean Tseb. 1992GBnot in their usual nameHong Kong football player (born 1992)
The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).
Evidence(measured from records)
Attested in 32 sources across 21 countries.
| Country | Register | Year | Count | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2020 | 2020 | 16K | #2,207 |
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2010 | 2010 | 9.7K | #3,662 |
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2000 | 2000 | 4.8K | #6,505 |
| US United States | wru Name Dictionary — US surnames, Census 2010 subset (Khanna et al.) | — | — | — |
Reference works 2
- Nederlandse FamilienamenBank (Dutch surname bank; ex-Meertens Instituut, now CBG)2007
- Wikidata name items (native-script + romanized given/family names)
These works list the name; their figures are licensed and are not reproduced here.
Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.
Frequently asked questions
- What does the name Xie mean, and where does it come from?
- nonstandard spelling of xiē Recorded by kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations).
- In which country does Xie have the most bearers?
- Mondonomo estimates about 2.4 million people named Xie in China, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled xie.
- How common is the name Xie?
- In the United States, the national register counted 9,716 people named Xie in 2010, about 1 in 34 thousand residents.
- How common is Xie compared with other names?
- In China, Xie is the 569th most common surname of 142,871 surnames recorded there.
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curl -H "X-API-Key: YOUR_KEY" https://api.mondonomo.ai/api/v1/name-graph/xieThe same payload this page is built from: spellings and scripts, countries and languages, related names, and the registers that attest the form. It takes a free API key (1,000 requests a day), and bulk access is licensed separately.
About this data
measured from records inferred from the name graph machine-generated
These figures come from the data snapshot of and will change as it is rebuilt.
Statistics are aggregated from the Mondonomo name corpus; related names and etymology are inferred from the name graph; pronunciation and any machine-marked transliterations are model-generated. Read how the numbers are made, including their known failure modes, and where the data comes from.
Reference works we consult — surname dictionaries, official name registers, Wikidata and Wiktionary — are named directly, beside the claims they support. The per-country source counts also include datasets of person records: we publish how many there are and their authority tier, but not their names.
Cite this page Mondonomo, “Xie” — the 569th most common surname in China. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.