Rui (surname)

Rui (芮)
PronunciationRuì ([ɻwêɪ]) (Mandarin)
Language(s)Chinese
Origin
Language(s)Old Chinese
Other names
Variant form(s)Jui

Rui is the Mandarin pinyin romanization of the Chinese surname written 芮 in Chinese characters. It is romanized Jui in Wade–Giles. Rui is listed 209th in the Song dynasty classic text Hundred Family Surnames.[1] It is not among the 300 most common surnames in China.[2] A 2013 study found that it was the 329th most common surname, shared by 146,000 people or 0.011% of the population, with Jiangsu being the province with the most.

Notable people

  • Rui Yifu (芮逸夫; 1898–1991), Chinese anthropologist
  • Rui Zhenggao (芮正皋; 1919–2015), Chinese diplomat
  • Rui Xingwen (1927–2005), Communist Party Chief of Shanghai
  • Rui Qingkai (芮清凯; born 1945), lieutenant general of the People's Liberation Army
  • Rui Naiwei (born 1963), Go player
  • Rui Chenggang (born 1977), former China Central Television news anchor

References

  1. ^ "百家姓" [Hundred Family Surnames] (in Chinese). Guoxue. Retrieved 2014-10-11.
  2. ^ 中国最新300大姓排名（2008） [300 most common surnames in China (2008)] (in Chinese). Taiwan.cn. 2009-01-06. Retrieved 2014-10-11.
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