How common is the surname Xue?

3,248 people in the United States had the surname Xue in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 95,057 Americans. It ranked 9,932nd of 162,253 surnames.

Who is the most famous person named Xue?

Xue Xinran, British-Chinese journalist, followed by Xue Zong.

Where is the surname Xue most common?

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

Is the surname Xue getting more or less common?

More common. 1,447 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 3,248 in 2010, up 125%.

Is Xue also a first name?

Yes. Xue is used as a first name as well as a surname; its first-name page has the meaning and how many babies were given it.

The surname Xue

A Chinese surname, carried by 3,248 people in the United States.

1 syllable Soundex X000

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Xue is more common than 93.9% of them.

Origin

Chinese origin

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

One of 193 Chinese surnames on this site.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 3,248 people named Xue in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 95,057 Americans. That is up 125% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,447.

#9,932

rank among US surnames

3,248

people in 2010

1.1

per 100,000 Americans

+124.5%

change since 2000 (was #17,835)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#9,923	Guay	3,255	94,853
#9,924	Lagos	3,254	94,882
#9,925	Krone	3,253	94,911
#9,927	Wightman	3,252	94,940
#9,928	Srivastava	3,251	94,969
#9,929	Eiland	3,250	94,999
#9,931	Tso	3,249	95,028

Who is named Xue

Race and Hispanic origin as people reported it in the 2010 Census

98% of people named Xue identified as Asian and Pacific Islander, 1.5% as white (not Hispanic).

Asian and Pacific Islander 98%
White (not Hispanic) 1.5%
Two or more races 0.4%

The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Black, Hispanic, Native American are not shown.

Compare: most common surnames among Asian and Pacific Islander Americans.

Famous Xues

2 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Xue Xinran
British-Chinese journalist, born 1958
Xue Zong
3rd century Chinese official and scholar, died 243

Notable Xues come mostly from the United Kingdom (1) and China (1).

Spellings and sound-alikes

Useful when a record has your ancestor under another spelling

Variant spellings

Hsueh

Surnames that sound like Xue

Xue has the Soundex code X000, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code X000.

Other Chinese surnames

All 193 Chinese surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Xue come from?: From the Chinese surname, from Mandarin 薛 (xuē, “type of grass; name of an ancient state, fief”). More at Xue.
How common is the surname Xue?: 3,248 people in the United States had the surname Xue in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 95,057 Americans. It ranked 9,932nd of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Xue?: In the 2010 Census, 98% of people named Xue identified as Asian and Pacific Islander, and 1.5% as white (not Hispanic).
Who is the most famous person named Xue?: Xue Xinran, British-Chinese journalist, followed by Xue Zong.
Where is the surname Xue most common?: Wikidata records people named Xue in the United Kingdom and China.
Is the surname Xue getting more or less common?: More common. 1,447 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 3,248 in 2010, up 125%.
What are other spellings of Xue?: Hsueh.
Is Xue also a first name?: Yes. Xue is used as a first name as well as a surname; its first-name page has the meaning and how many babies were given it.