Last name: HUI

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HUI : This last name is indexed 27,398 times on Geneanet!

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HUI : Chinese:: 1: 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.2: 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.3: Cantonese form of the surname 許 see Xu 2.4: Hokkien or Teochew form of the surname 費 see Fei 1.

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