Wei (危) is a Chinese surname. According to a 2013 study, it was the 362nd most common name in China; it was shared by 112,000 people, or 0.0084% of the population, being most popular in Jiangxi.Yuan Yida (袁义达), Qiu Jiaru, 邱家儒. 中国四百大姓. Beijing Book Co. Inc., 1 January 2013 It is the 140th name in the Hundred Family Surnames poem.K. S. Tom. (1989). Echoes from Old China: Life, Legends and Lore of the Middle Kingdom. University of Hawaii Press. . Origins The character 危 means "dangerous," "rooftop" or "towering." The surname is traced to:
from the placename San Wei (三危) in Gansu, to which the San Miao migrated during the reign of the legendary Emperor Shun descendants of Wei Su (危素) a Ming-era scholar whose original surname was Huang
Notable people Wei Quanfeng (危全諷), Tang-era warlord Wei Yilin (危亦林, c. 1277–1347), Yuan-era doctor Wei Weihan (危伟汉, born 1965), politician Fictional The Ngai (危) family from The Comeback Clan The Ngai (危) family from The Drive of Life References