# Xue (surname)

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

A surname.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | Chinese |
| Type | not recorded |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 3,248 |
| US rank (2010) | 9,932 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 95,057 people |
| Change since 2000 | +125% (1,447 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | Hsueh |

## Etymology

From the Chinese surname, from Mandarin 薛 (xuē, “type of grass; name of an ancient state, fief”). More at Xue.

## Who carries it

Share of people named Xue 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) | 1.5% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 98% |
| Two or more races | 0.4% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Xue in the United Kingdom and China.

## People named Xue

- Xue Xinran, British-Chinese journalist
- Xue Zong, 3rd century Chinese official and scholar

## Similar surnames

Xu, Xie, Xiao, Xia.

## 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.