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Hui Surname Meaning

Chinese: Mandarin form of the surname 惠 meaning ‘kindness’ in Chinese: (i) said to be borne by descendants of Hui Lian (惠連) son of Lu Zhong a descendant of the legendary Huang Di the ‘Yellow Emperor’ (c. 27th century BC). (ii) from Hui (惠) posthumous title of Zhou Hui Wang (周惠王 King Hui of Zhou died 652 BC). (iii) a surname from the Manchu ethnic group in China.

Mandarin form of the surname 回 meaning ‘come back’ in Chinese: (i) from the personal name Hui (回) style name of Wu Hui (吳回) a descendant of the legendary Huang Di the ‘Yellow Emperor’ (c. 27th century BC). (ii) said to be borne by descendants of Fang Hui (方回) an official who lived during the reign of the legendary Emperor Yao (c. 24th century BC). (iii) from Hui (回) the name of a minority ethnic group in China (who are Muslims by tradition) located mainly in northwestern China particularly in the Ningxia Hui autonomous region.

Cantonese form of the surname 許 see Xu. Hokkien or Teochew form of the surname 費 see Fei.

Source: Dictionary of American Family Names 2nd edition, 2022

Similar surnames:

Hu
, Hua
, Huo
, Sui
, Cui
, Du
, Chui
, Lu
, Qi
, Bai

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You can see how Hui families moved over time by selecting different census years. The Hui family name was found in the USA, the UK, Canada, and Scotland between 1841 and 1920. The most Hui families were found in Canada in 1911. In 1891 there was 1 Hui family living in Merionethshire. This was about 50% of all the recorded Hui's in United Kingdom. Merionethshire and 1 other county had the highest population of Hui families in 1891.

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Between 1959 and 2004, in the United States, Hui life expectancy was at its lowest point in 1967, and highest in 1965. The average life expectancy for Hui in 1959 was 64, and 74 in 2004.

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