Mao (surname)

For other uses, see Mao (disambiguation).
Mao/毛, 茅 etc.
Family name
Language(s) of origin Chinese

Mao is the romanization of several Chinese family names, including common names 毛 Máo, 茅 Māo and some rare names wikt:茆 Máo, wikt:卯 Máo, wikt:貌 Mào etc.

wikt:毛 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]

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

Notable people surnamed Mao

For the related surname Mow, see Mow (surname).

zh:茅姓 zh:Category:茅姓

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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