Surname Overview
The surname Ge is pronounced gé and is currently uncommon.
Ge Surname
Population reference (not a current census): 27Ge / Ge
Origins
The records list several origin traditions: Ge, son of Fei Lian; Xia Ge, a minister of Tang; Ge as sharing the same surname as Ji; and the Dangxiang people of Western Xia.
Historical Records
Documentary Records
The Zheng Tongzhi and Xu Tongzhi, in the section on clans, record the surname Ge. The Dictionary of Surnames cites Yunhui Juyao for the reading jí and records that Tang poet Li Bai wrote a poem presented to the recluse Ge.
Migration and Distribution
Distribution
The Ge surname is broadly distributed but small in number, appearing in Jing County and Weichang in Hebei; Taiyuan and Datong in Shanxi; Hancheng in Shaanxi; Huixian in Gansu; Tacheng in Xinjiang; Jianli in Hubei; and Longchuan in Yunnan.
Notable People
Historical Figures
Ge Zhu was a Marquis of Zao-boiling in the Han dynasty; Ge Zicheng was a senior official of the State of Wei during the Spring and Autumn period.
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