谢氏是中国姓氏，在全国姓氏人数中排第23位。姓谢人口约占中国大陆总人口的0.79%，据2013年全国人口统计数据，在现今中国姓氏排行位居23。谢姓人士主要分布在中国的江苏、浙江、江西、河南、四川、福建、广东、广西、海南、香港、台湾、马来西亚和东南亚等地。

唐朝诗人刘禹锡有诗称：「旧时王谢堂前燕，飞入寻常百姓家。」诗中“谢”系指东晋望族陈郡谢氏。明朝朱元璋曾对远封的诸王说：「朕为天子自有弓马，岂赖谢家！」就是以晋朝仰赖谢家子弟为例，训勉诸王自己努力防御外敌。

Xie ([ɕi̯ê]) (simplified Chinese:谢; traditional Chinese:謝; pinyin:Xiè; Wade–Giles:Hsieh) is a Chinese family name; it is estimated that there are about ten million people in China mainland with this surname, the majority of whom live in southern China, and a 2013 study found that Xie was the 23rd most common surname in China, with 0.79% of the population having this surname. The greater majority of Xie members are also members of the Hakka people of the greater Han ethnicity.