Wei

Chinese family name (衛 / 卫)

Namefamily name Chinese family nameQ6849395

Also known as Wai · Wey · Wèi · 衛 · 卫

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Wèi is a Chinese surname. It means ‘defend, guard’ and is written Wai in Cantonese. The character 衞 is traditionally preferred although 衛 is now more prevalent, with 卫 being the simplified form in Mainland China. In 2013 it was found to be the 214th most common surname, shared by 480,000 people or 0.036% of the population, with the province with the most being Shanxi.

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Script: Chinese characters
Native label: 衛 hanyu pinyin transliteration: Wèi
卫 hanyu pinyin transliteration: Wèi
Different from: Q11626289 criterion used: family name has to use a different item than disambiguation page
Wei criterion used: family name has to use a different item than disambiguation page
Said to be the same as: Wei criterion used: pinyin
Wai criterion used: Hong Kong Government Cantonese Romanisation

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1 identifiers linking Wei across the web's reference databases

Shanghai Library surname IDpys5mctiofnkagv4

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