Ke (surname)
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Ke is a transliteration of a common Chinese surname, written 柯 (kē in Hanyu pinyin). It originally appeared on the Hundred Family Surnames, but as of 2006 was no longer one of the top 100 most common surnames.
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[edit] Origin
There are several origins of this last name:
- the descendants of Duke Ke Lu (柯盧) of the State of Wu during the Spring and Autumn Period;
- the descendants of a tribe in Northern Wei Dynasty whose surname was originally Keba (柯拔) but was simplified to Ke;
- the descendants of the Qiang tribe or the Xianbei tribe with the last name Ke.
One website lists it as originating from the town of Han in Zhejiang Province[1] while another states it originated in Jiyang Prefecture (located in present day Dingtao County, Shandong Province) during the Jin Dynasty (265–420)[2].
[edit] Prominent people with the family name 柯
- Ke Mengde, a Song Dynasty poet
- Ke Jiusi (柯九思), a Yuan Dynasty officer
- Ke Qian, a Ming Dynasty scholar
- Ke Weizhen, a Qing Dynasty poet
- Blackie Ko Shou Liang (柯受良), modern director, actor, stuntman.
- Alan Ke You Lun (柯有綸) a Taiwanese singer and Actor; son of Blackie Ko Shou Liang.
- Thomas J. Christensen (Chinese name 柯庆生), Co-director of the Princeton-Harvard China and the World Program and Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for East Asian Affairs in the U.S. State Department (2006-2008).
