Are people named Xie from the royal family?

People named Xie are not from the royal family.

The surname Xie mainly comes from two sources: Ren surname and Jiang surname. Legend has it that the Xie family with the surname Ren has a history of at least 3,500 years, and was almost wiped out during the three generations of "Xia, Shang and Zhou". The Xie family with the Jiang surname has a history of 2,800 years. It originated from Xieying Village, Jinhua, Wancheng District, Nanyang City, Henan Province. The 63rd Emperor Yan (surnamed Jiang), Shen Bo (the anniversary of the Western Zhou Dynasty), is respected as the ancestor of the surname.

The surname Xie was first active in southern Henan. The Chu people destroyed Shen and moved the Xie tribe to the upper reaches of the Huaihe River. From then on, the Xie tribe began to move south. During the Spring and Autumn Period, the Xie tribe had moved to Shandong, Hubei, Hunan and other places. During the Warring States Period, it expanded to Sichuan and Guizhou and incorporated local ethnic minorities.

During the Han and Jin Dynasties, the Xie surname had spread to Shaanxi, Yunnan, Guizhou, Jiangxi, Zhejiang and other places. From the Three Kingdoms to the Southern and Northern Dynasties, the Xie family became one of the most famous families in the world. During the Tang Dynasty, people with the surname Xie first entered Fujian. In the Ming Dynasty, it began to enter Guangdong and developed to Taiwan, becoming a common surname in the southeast region.

Population distribution

The surname Xie is the 24th most common surname in China and is the most influential in Guangdong, Jiangxi and Hunan. People with the surname Xie account for approximately 0.72% of the contemporary population, that is, there are at least 72 people with the surname Xie for every 10,000 Chinese people, and the total population is approximately 8.7 million.

The surname Xie was first active in southern Henan. The Chu people destroyed Shen and moved the Xie tribe to the upper reaches of the Huaihe River. From then on, the Xie tribe began to move south. During the Spring and Autumn Period, Xie surnames had moved to Shandong, Hubei, Hunan and other places. During the Warring States Period, a group of people named Xie immigrated to Sichuan. During the Han and Jin Dynasties, the Xie surname had spread to Shaanxi, Yunnan, Guizhou, Jiangxi, Zhejiang and other places. From the Three Kingdoms to the Southern and Northern Dynasties, the Xie family became one of the most famous families in the world.

During the Tang Dynasty, the surname Xie first entered Fujian and Guangdong and became a famous surname in the southeastern region. Entered Taiwan in the early Ming Dynasty. Since the main force surnamed Xie had already moved away from the north during the Qin and Han Dynasties, although they experienced wars in the northern region during the Eastern Jin, Sui and Tang Dynasties, the damage they suffered was relatively light. During several major migrations in Chinese history, the Xie surname migrated to the south, southwest, and southeast, and developed steadily and rapidly in the south. Especially during the Song, Yuan, and Ming dynasties, the Xie surname flourished most in the six provinces of Jiangxi, Fujian, Zhejiang, Guangdong, Hunan, and Jiangsu. Eventually, today's typical southern surnames were formed.

During the Song Dynasty (960-1279 AD), there were approximately 400,000 people with the surname Xie, accounting for approximately 0.52% of the country’s population, ranking 39th. The largest province with the surname Xie is Zhejiang, accounting for approximately 13.7% of the total population with the surname Xie in the country and 1% of the total population in Zhejiang. The distribution of Xie surname in the country is mainly concentrated in Zhejiang, Henan, Fujian, Jiangxi, Hunan and Sichuan. These six provinces account for about 73% of the total population of Xie surname in the country.

Secondly, it is distributed in Anhui, Guangdong, and Guangxi, with another 20% concentrated. The country has formed four large gathering areas with the Xie surname, centered on Sichuan and Hunan, Jiangxi, Zhejiang and Fujian, Henan and Anhui, and Guangxi and Guangxi. However, North China was an area with a sparse population of the Xie surname at that time.