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Nie (surname)

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Nie (simplified Chinese: ; traditional Chinese: ; pinyin: Niè) is a Chinese surname. It is the 126th surname in the Hundred Family Surnames. It is spelled Nip in Cantonese and Nieh in Wade–Giles.It is mainly distributed in Henan, and some are distributed in Jiangxi, Fujian, Hubei, Taiwan and other places.

One branch of the Nie family who were descendants of the traitorous Nie Yi changed their surname to Zhang to avoid being associated with him. Descendants of this line include Cao Wei official Zhang Liao.[citation needed]

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