Mao (surname)

Mao is the romanization of several Chinese family names, including common names 毛 (Máo), 茅 (Máo) and some rare names (Máo), (Mǎo), (Mào) etc.

Mao/毛, 茅 etc.
Origin
Language(s)Chinese

originated from Ji (Chinese: ; pinyin: ), the clan name of Zhou Dynasty. 毛 is the 106th surname in the Hundred Family Surnames, and ranks 87th largest number of people with this surname in China (2007).[1]

is the 119th surname in Hundred Family Surnames.[2]

Notable people surnamed Mao

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  • Angela Mao (b. 1950), Taiwanese actress
  • Mao Dun (1896-1981), pen name of a Chinese writer
  • Mao Yisheng (1896-1989), a Chinese structural engineer.
  • Mao Yushi (b. 1929), a Chinese economist, nephew of Mao Yisheng, critic of Mao Zedong.

See also

References

  1. 新百家姓排名:86
  2. 茅姓 一、姓氏源流 茅(Máo)姓源出有一:
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