# Xie (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/xie/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. Counts from the US Census Bureau; origin and etymology from Wiktionary; bearers from Wikidata. Data updated 2026-11-11.

A surname from Chinese.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | Chinese |
| Type | not recorded |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 9,716 |
| US rank (2010) | 3,662 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 31,777 people |
| Change since 2000 | +102% (4,812 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | Hsieh, Sieh |

## Etymology

From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 謝 /谢 (xiè).

## Who carries it

Share of people named Xie in the 2010 US Census by the Census's own race and ethnicity groups. The Census suppresses a share when the count behind it is small.

| Group | Share |
|---|---|
| White (not Hispanic) | 0.7% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 0.2% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 98% |
| Two or more races | 0.7% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Xie in the United States and Republic of China.

## People named Xie

- Tony Hsieh, American businessman (1973–2020)
- Hsieh Tung-min, 6th Vice President of Republic of China
- Tehching Hsieh, American artist (born 1950)

## Similar surnames

Xia, Xu, Xiao, Xue.

## How to read these numbers

A Census count is people alive and counted in 2010, not births, and names occurring fewer than 100 times are not published at all. Ethnicity shares are the Census's own categories.