Surname Overview
Fei (fěi) is a relatively uncommon Han Chinese surname. It first appears in the Surname Garden, and is recorded in the Clan Records sections of the Zheng Tongzhi and Xu Tongzhi.
Reference: 斐姓_斐姓的来源和历史_百家姓
Current Status of the Fei Surname
According to the source text, 斐 pronounced fěi is a currently uncommon surname, distributed in Shangyi in Hebei, Taiyuan and other places in Shanxi, as well as Hancheng in Shaanxi, Guichi in Anhui, Lengshuijiang in Hunan, and Yuyao in Zhejiang. The entry classifies it as a Han surname and says it is first seen in the Xingyuan.
Reference: 斐姓_斐姓的来源和历史_百家姓
Origins
Ying-Origin Tradition
The Fei surname is mainly traced to the Ying surname.
Reference: 斐姓_斐姓的来源和历史_百家姓
Historical Records
Classical Attestation
Fei (fēi) is recorded as a surname in the Spring and Autumn tradition quoted by the Jiyun, which mentions Fei Bao, a person from Jin in the Spring and Autumn period.
Reference: 斐姓_斐姓的来源和历史_百家姓
Migration and Distribution
Present Distribution
The Fei (fěi) surname is currently found in Shangyi in Hebei; Taiyuan and other places in Shanxi; and Hancheng in Shaanxi, Guichi in Anhui, Lengshuijiang in Hunan, and Yuyao in Zhejiang.
Reference: 斐姓_斐姓的来源和历史_百家姓
Notable People
Historical Figures
Fei Bao was a person from Jin in the Spring and Autumn period. Fei Min was from Chong'an in Fujian during the Ming dynasty; he was intelligent and learned, and served as an assistant surveillance commissioner of Jiangxi.
Reference: 斐姓_斐姓的来源和历史_百家姓
Historical Figures Listed by the Source
The source lists two historical figures with the surname 斐: Fei Bao, a Jin person of the Spring and Autumn period, and Fei Min, from Chong'an in Fujian during the Ming period. Fei Min is described as perceptive and learned and as having served as a Jiangxi qianshi. The source does not state that the two belonged to the same lineage.
Reference: 斐姓_斐姓的来源和历史_百家姓
Research Notes
Character-Relation Boundary
Records state that 斐 may be interchangeable with 棐 and 裴, and describe it as possibly identical with those clans or a branch of 棐. The character also has the variant form 猆.
Reference: 斐姓_斐姓的来源和历史_百家姓
