Wei (魏)
A Taiwanese surname.
魏 Wei
- Zhuyin
- ㄨㄟˋ
- Pinyin
- wèi
- Wade-Giles
- Wei
- Taiwanese Hokkien (Tâi-lô)
- Guī
- Hakka (Sixian)
- ngui⁵⁵
- Rank in Taiwan
- 48th most common surname, roughly 0.38% of the population (2023 Ministry of the Interior figures)
What the character means
The name of the Warring States kingdom of Wei, and of the Three Kingdoms state of Wei.
Where the surname comes from
Tradition traces it to Bi Wan (畢萬), a descendant of Gao, Duke of Bi (畢公高), son of King Wen of Zhou. The state of Jin granted Bi Wan the fief of Wei (魏) in present-day Shanxi, and his descendants took the fief's name. Hall name (堂號): 鉅鹿堂.
Saying it 我姓魏 — wǒ xìng wèi (ㄨㄛˇ ㄒㄧㄥˋ ㄨㄟˋ), "my family name is 魏"
Sources: rank and share, 內政部 全國姓名統計分析 (Ministry of the Interior, National Name Statistics), data as of 2023-06-30. Taiwanese Hokkien readings, 教育部臺灣台語常用詞辭典 (MOE Dictionary of Frequently-Used Taiwanese Taigi), 百家姓 appendix. Hakka, 教育部臺灣客語辭典 (MOE Dictionary of Taiwan Hakka), 百家姓表, Sixian (四縣腔).