Che (surname)

Che (车/車)

Pronunciation	Chē (Mandarin); Ku (Hokkien)
Language(s)	Chinese
Origin
Language(s)	Old Chinese
Meaning	Chariot, wagon
Other names
Derivative(s)	Cha (Korean)

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.

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.