Mie / Mieh
The surname Mie is a currently rare surname found in Wuqing of Tianjin, Nenjiang of Heilongjiang, Qingyuan of Liaoning, Pingdu of Shandong, Weichang, Xinji, and Jingxian of Hebei, and Taiyuan of Shanxi; it is also found in Shangyi of Hebei and is recorded in several surname reference works.
Ancient Miebei, also called Niebei, was granted by King Kang of Zhou to Lü Heng in the early Western Zhou period. It was later annexed by Xing and subsequently became territory of Wei, Wei, and Qi in succession.
The origin of the Mie surname is recorded as a non-Han surname; during the Northern Zhou period, Mieliehe was a Tiele chieftain in the west. The Shandong Mie surname is recorded as having changed from the Ye surname.
The Zheng Tongzhi: Clan Gazetteer and the Kaolue of Surnames record the surname Mie with the readings miē and niè. Zheng Qiao's note states that it was common in Qin and Long and associated it with Jinchang and Zhao commanderies.
The recorded commanderies associated with the Mie surname are Jinyang, Jinchang, and Zhao. Jinchang was located roughly southeast of present-day Anxi County in Gansu, while Zhao was roughly in present-day central Hebei around Zhao County and Handan.
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