Ge () is a surname of Chinese origin. One branch of the family became the compound surname

Zhuge Zhuge in Chinese, Jegal in Korean, Gia Cát in Vietnamese or Morokuzu in Japanese is a compound surname in East Asia. It is ranked 314th in ''Hundred Family Surnames'' in China. The surname has often been synonymous with wisdom in Chinese culture ...

. In 2013 it was found to be the 110th most common surname, composed of 1.95 million people or 0.150% of the total national population, with the province with the largest population being

Jiangsu Jiangsu is a coastal Provinces of the People's Republic of China, province in East China. It is one of the leading provinces in finance, education, technology, and tourism, with its capital in Nanjing. Jiangsu is the List of Chinese administra ...

.中国四百大姓 Front Cover, 袁义达, 邱家儒, Beijing Book Co. Inc., Jan 1, 2013 It is the 44th name on the ''

Hundred Family Surnames The ''Hundred Family Surnames'' (), commonly known as ''Bai Jia Xing'', also translated as ''Hundreds of Chinese Surnames'', is a classic Chinese language , Chinese text composed of common Chinese surnames. An unknown author compiled the book ...

'' poem.

Notable people

Ge Yunfei Ge Yunfei (, 1789–1841) was a Chinese general of the Qing dynasty. He served in the First Opium War and died during the British capture of Chusan. Born in a military family in the Shanyin county of Zhejiang, Ge Yunfei learned kung fu from h ...

(; born 1789, died 1841), Chinese General of the

Qing Dynasty The Qing dynasty ( ), officially the Great Qing, was a Manchu-led Dynasties of China, imperial dynasty of China and an early modern empire in East Asia. The last imperial dynasty in Chinese history, the Qing dynasty was preceded by the ...

who served in the

First Opium War The First Opium War ( zh, t=第一次鴉片戰爭, p=Dìyīcì yāpiàn zhànzhēng), also known as the Anglo-Chinese War, was a series of military engagements fought between the British Empire and the Chinese Qing dynasty between 1839 and 1 ...

Ge Hongsheng Ge Hongsheng (; 1931 – 30 January 2020) was a politician of the People's Republic of China, and the former Governor of Zhejiang. Early life In 1931, Ge was born in Jü County, Shandong Province, China. Career Ge joined the Chinese Commu ...

( 1931–2020), Chinese politician * Ge Tian (; born 1988) Chinese actress and fashion model *

Ge Xiaoguang Ge Xiaoguang (; born 1953 in Beijing), is a Chinese artist best known for painting the massive 6 x 4.6-meter portrait of Mao Zedong that hangs at Tiananmen Gate in Tiananmen Square. Education and training Ge Xiaoguang graduated from the Fine Ar ...

(born 1953), Chinese artist *

Christine Ko Christine Ko (born ) is an American actress, known for her roles as Emma on the CBS sitcom '' The Great Indoors'', Mandi on ''Upload'' and Emma on ''Dave''. Before her success in America, she had a brief career in Taiwan in the early 2010s. ...

(born 1988) a Taiwanese-American actress * Ko Yu-chin (; born 1939), Taiwanese politician * Ernest Shiu-Jen Kuh (; 1928–2015) was a Chinese-born American electrical engineer

Stagenames

Grace Chang Grace Chang (born 13 June 1933), known in Chinese as Ko Lan (葛蘭), is a Hong Kong actress and singer. She was a popular idol in the 1950s, especially among students and the middle class. She was a renowned Cathay Organization actress with man ...

(born 1933), known by her stagename as Ge Lan (葛蘭), Hong Kong-Chinese actress and singer

References

{{101-200 Most Common Family Names in Mainland China Chinese-language surnames Individual Chinese surnames