There are two sources of wei

1, from ji, with city's, or the name for the surname.15th son king wen of zhou bi male high sealing to finish, the sun bi after BiGuo destroyed by the xiong work, defected to the state of jin, become a doctor.Because of work, given by wei to cities, followed by children in city's, called the coloring.In 445 BC, finish all the offspring of weiss wei, after being destroyed by qin in 225 BC, capturing the wei dynasty to name for the surname, wei formed one of the most important.Shi wei said.

2, physical surname wei.Hou, zhao warring states Qin Zhaoxiang Wang Shiyou countries, would be to make the queen mother xuan queen mother father brother wei ran, this way, a Mi surname, after the surname wei;The southern song dynasty PuJiang wei liao-weng, celebrating jinshi, the gause, after the surname wei;Kunshan people of Ming dynasty, they gave this li hongzhi jinshi, after the surname wei.