Mao (surname)

Mao is the romanization of several Chinese family names, including common names 毛 (Máo), 茅 (Māo) and some rare names (Máo), (Máo), (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, Taiwanese actress
  • Mao Dun, pen name of a Chinese writer
  • Mao Yisheng, a Chinese structural engineer.
  • Mao Yushi, a Chinese economist, nephew of Mao Yisheng, critic of Mao Zedong.
gollark: Well I disagree.
gollark: How do you plan to test this anyway? Collect a bunch of eggs and give each different amounts of views and see which hatch at 4d and which don't?
gollark: <@237009011801718785> The one I heard of was 12:6:1 (clicks:UVs:OVs).
gollark: Dealing with people bugging you about prizes: constantly deny the existence of your prize, act as if it doesn't exist, and sort it out of the way on your scroll.
gollark: Apparently you can near-instantly trade 2G Aeons for hatchlings. Huh.

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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