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Pei (surname)

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Pronunciation
  
Péi (Mandarin)

Language(s)
  
Old Chinese

Language(s)
  
Chinese

Pei (Chinese: 裴; pinyin: Péi) is an East Asian surname originating in north China. In 2008, it was the 156th most common surname in mainland China, with at least 830,000 Chinese sharing this name.

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There are also people with this surname based on the same Chinese letter in Vietnam (as Bùi) and Korea (as Bae; 배).

Historical Figures

  • Pei Xiu (224–271), minister, geographer, and cartographer during the Three Kingdoms and Jin Dynasty
  • Pei Songzhi (372–451), Liu Song dynasty historian
  • Pei Ji (Sui and Tang) Official and Chancellor of the Tang Dynasty
  • Pei Ju Official of the Sui Dynasty and Chancellor of the Tang Dynasty
  • Pei Yan (died 684), Tang dynasty official

    • Modern Figures

  • Pei Wenzhong (1904–1982), anthropologist

    • References

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