E (surname)
E (Chinese: 鄂; pinyin: È) is a Chinese surname. It is listed 272nd in the Song dynasty classicial text Hundred Family Surnames.
The origin of the surname is vague. There is disagreement in Chinese name dictionaries if the surname originated in Wuchang, or in Shanxi.
Its earliest appearance dated back to Shang Dynasty, where under the reign of King Zhou, a governmental official with the surname, E, was embroiled in a conflict with the King.
Notable people
E Dongchen (鄂栋臣; born 1939), academic
E Jingping (鄂竟平; born 1956), engineer and politician
E Weinan (born 1963), mathematician
E Jie (born 1967), Olympic fencer
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