Ke ( Chinese: 柯; pinyin: Kē) is a Chinese surname. It originally appeared on the Hundred Family Surnames.[ where?] As of 2006 was no longer one of the top 100 most common surnames.[ citation needed] A 2013 study found that it was the 145th most common surname, shared by 1.06 million people or 0.080% of the population, with the province most being Hubei. It is also spelled as Quah, Qua, Kua, Kuah, Kwa, Ke, Ker, Ko, Kok, Or or O in English.[ why?]
It is O in Cantonese. ( Jyutping: o1)
There are several origins of this last name:
One website lists it as originating from the town of Han in Zhejiang Province [1] while another states it originated in Jiyang Prefecture (located in present-day Dingtao County, Shandong Province) during the Jin Dynasty (266–420). [2]
Kha is a Vietnamese variant of the family name Ke (柯)
Ke ( Chinese: 柯; pinyin: Kē) is a Chinese surname. It originally appeared on the Hundred Family Surnames.[ where?] As of 2006 was no longer one of the top 100 most common surnames.[ citation needed] A 2013 study found that it was the 145th most common surname, shared by 1.06 million people or 0.080% of the population, with the province most being Hubei. It is also spelled as Quah, Qua, Kua, Kuah, Kwa, Ke, Ker, Ko, Kok, Or or O in English.[ why?]
It is O in Cantonese. ( Jyutping: o1)
There are several origins of this last name:
One website lists it as originating from the town of Han in Zhejiang Province [1] while another states it originated in Jiyang Prefecture (located in present-day Dingtao County, Shandong Province) during the Jin Dynasty (266–420). [2]
Kha is a Vietnamese variant of the family name Ke (柯)