# Ye (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/ye/  
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) | 9,839 |
| US rank (2010) | 3,609 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 31,380 people |
| Change since 2000 | +106% (4,786 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Etymology

Romanization of the Chinese surname 葉 /叶 (Yè).

## Who carries it

Share of people named Ye 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) | 1.3% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 0.5% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 97% |
| Two or more races | 0.8% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Ye in Taiwan and the United States.

## People named Ye

- Thomas Yeh Sheng-nan, Archbishop and Apostolic Nuncio
- Carissa Yip, American chess player

## Similar surnames

Yee, Yeh, Yeo, Yu, Yi, Yoo, Yao, You, Yau, Yoho, Yow, Yohe.

## 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.