Surname Overview
Pronunciation and Ranking
The Yue surname is pronounced yuè. It ranks 475th in the Hundred Family Surnames and 133rd in the 2007 national surname population ranking.
Yue Surname
Population reference (not a current census): 1,397,065Yue / Yüeh
Origins
Six Lineages of Origin
The Yue surname is traced to descendants of Boyi of the Jiang lineage who adopted an official title as a surname, as well as sinicized surname changes among Mongolian, Uyghur, Manchu, Jingpo, and other ethnic groups.
Historical Records
Early Documentary Attestation
The Yue surname first appears in the Xingyuan; records of it in historical works before the Song dynasty are sparse.
Commanderies and Clan Halls
Shanyang Hall
After the Qin and Han periods, the Yue lineage mainly developed in the Shanyang area and continued to use “Shanyang” as its hall name for generations.
Migration and Distribution
Migration Around the Song Transition
Around the transition between the Northern and Southern Song, Yue families from the north traveled through Anhui into Jiangsu, Zhejiang, and Jiangxi; some moved from Henan to the two Hu regions, while others entered Sichuan through Shaanxi.
Notable People
Yue Fei
Yue Fei (1103–1142), courtesy name Pengju, was from Tangyin in Xiangzhou and was a Southern Song hero who fought against the Jin.
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