Surname Overview
A Rare Surname
Kui, written 蒉 or 蕢, is a rare Han Chinese surname recorded with the pronunciations kuǎi, kuì, and kuài.
Kui Surname
Population reference (not a current census): 5Kui / Kui
Origins
Flood-Control Tradition
Tradition holds that during Gun's flood-control work in the era of Yao and Shun, earth was carried in grass bags to build dikes, and a subordinate responsible for collecting those bags was later granted the surname Kui.
Migration and Distribution
Geographic Distribution
The surname is found in Jiading, Shanghai; Yuyao and Putuo, Zhejiang; and Kaohsiung, Taipei, and Taoyuan in Taiwan. About five to six hundred bearers are recorded in Haiyan, Zhejiang.
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