Xue is used as a family name or surname in China. It is 3 characters long in length.

Family Name / Last Name: Xue
No. of characters: 3
Origin: China
Meaning: Currently, no meaning found for Xue

How popular is Xue?

Xue is common in China.

Xue is ranked 122 on our list.

As per 2010 US census, number of Xues grew by 124.4644 per cent to 3248 since 2000 and ranked 9932 after elevating 7903 spots. The last name was found in around 11 per 1 million population. Please refer to following table for race and ethnicity.

Race 2010 2000
Asian and Native Hawaiian
& Other Pacific Islander
97.88 97.58
White 1.51 0.55
Others 0.43 1.45
Xue is quite popular last name mostly concentrated in China which signifies that it is originated from China. Around 4120277 people have been found who wears Xue as their family name. Xue is used widely across the globe. More detailed information can be found below:
RankCountryCount
Countries with very very low frequency i.e., 1 - 10:
9,568 Thailand8
3,608 Maldives4
8,411 Costa Rica4
15,956 Venezuela3
5,630 Northern Ireland2
89,020 Tanzania2
4,164 Vietnam2
33,202 Saudi Arabia2
23,858 Iran2
14,004 Hungary2
7,574 Bangladesh2
31,767 Greece2
1,500,361 India2
9,272 Ecuador2
44,018 Poland2
11,224 Cameroon2
53,033 Nigeria1
7,191 Afghanistan1
8,828 Puerto Rico1
6,033 Benin1
13,606 Senegal1
10,190 Bahrain1
6,820 Angola1
174,544 Czech Republic1
846 American Samoa1
2,877 Cuba1
7,340 Democratic Republic of The Congo1
510 East Timor1
21,562 Portugal1
9,591 Panama1
11,510 Oman1
2,057 Myanmar1
13,447 Uganda1
5,916 Mozambique1
56,169 Mexico1
28,365 Kenya1
24,460 Armenia1
356 Eritrea1
31,584 Peru1
Countries with very low frequency i.e., 10 - 50:
198,575 Russia46
2,645 Luxembourg26
258,559 Indonesia24
94,051 Kazakhstan19
602 South Korea14
220,909 Ukraine12
Countries with low frequency i.e., 50 - 100:
7,560 Finland97
83,365 Brazil95
8,034 Denmark74
5,257 Wales68
13,232 Chile63
29,438 Belgium52
13,876 Norway52
Countries with hundreds of Xue:
10,562 Spain349
34,535 Philippines322
36,798 Italy235
335 Macau188
15,290 Netherlands182
4,294 New Zealand178
7,350 Switzerland162
6,823 Sweden138
4,243 Scotland138
2,996 Ireland136
9,948 Austria131
39,125 South Africa128
8,435 United Arab Emirates115
Countries with thousands of Xue:
9,595 United States3,821
292 Taiwan2,260
4,493 Germany2,017
331 Singapore1,603
3,163 Canada1,498
289 Hong Kong1,471
2,362 Australia1,315
6,986 France1,249
6,111 England1,156
2,403 Malaysia1,088
Countries with ten thousands of Xue:
1,268 Japan12,341
Countries with millions of Xue:
71 China4,087,348
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Xue Namesakes

  • Shen Xue, Olympic athlete
  • Zhang Xueliang, Political leader
  • Bai Xue, Runner
  • Bai Xue, Actress
  • Bai Xueshan, Politician
  • Qian Xuesen, Scientist
  • Li Xuefeng, Politician
  • Lu Xuechang, Film director
  • Can Xue, Fiction writer
  • Wu Xue, Olympic athlete
  • Yang Xue, from 0 horror flick Tell No One, who characterized the N.
  • Jianing Xue, from 2012 comedy, romance flick Wo Yuan Yi, who portrayed Le Xiao Ling.
  • Bin Xue portrayed the minor character of Xiao Wu in 1987 drama movie Da xue sheng yi shi.
  • In 1986, Shujie Xue portrayed the role of Ye Maozi in drama movie Xiao Mao hai duo bao qi yuan.

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