Ke Family History

Chinese: Mandarin form of the surname 柯 meaning ‘bough stalk’ in Chinese: (i) from the first element of the personal name Ke Lu (柯盧) personal name of a prince of the state of Wu during the Spring and Autumn period (770–476 BC). (ii) from the first element of the placename Ke Ze (柯澤) the name of a fief (located in Shandong province) granted to an official in the state of Qi during the Spring and Autumn period (770–476 BC).

(iii) traced back to the Qiang ethnic group in ancient western China and the Xianbei ethnic group in northern China. (iv) adopted as a surname by the Ke Ba (柯拔) family from the Xianbei ethnic group in northern China during the Northern Wei dynasty (386–534 AD).

Chinese: variant of Ge. Chinese: variant Romanization of the surname 紀 see Ji.

Vietnamese: unexplained.