Mao (surname)

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

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

毛 originated from Ji (Chinese: 姬; pinyin: Jī), 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]

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

Notable people surnamed Mao

毛
  • Mao Chaofeng (b. 1965), executive vice governor of Hainan
  • Mao Weiming (b. 1961), governor of Hunan since 2020
  • Mao Wanchun (b. 1961), Chinese politician
  • Mao Chi-kuo (b. 1948), a Republic of China politician
  • Mao Jie (d. 216), a minister to Cao Cao
  • Mao Sidi, pseudonym of Steven W. Mosher (born 1948), American social scientist and author
  • Mao Wenlong (1576–1629), a commander of the Ming Dynasty
  • Mao Zedong, (1893–1976), the founder of the People's Republic of China and chairman of the Chinese Communist Party
    • Madame Mao (Jiang Qing) (1914–1991), the fourth wife of Mao Zedong and a leading politician in the Cultural Revolution
    • Mao Zemin, (1896–1943), early Communist revolutionary, Mao Zedong's brother
    • Mao Zetan (1905–1935), brother of Mao Zedong
    • Mao Anying (1922–1950), the son of Mao Zedong
    • Mao Yuanxin (b. 1941), nephew of Mao Zedong
    • Mao Xinyu, (born 1970), grandson of Mao
    • Mao Zehong (1905–1929), the sister of Mao Zedong
  • Mao Xiaobing (b. 1965), former party chief of Xining, investigated for corruption
  • Mao Xiaoping (b. 1957), former mayor of Wuxi
  • Mao Xinyuan (b 1971), a Chinese race walker
  • Empress Mao (d. 237), Empress of Cao Wei during the Three Kingdoms era
  • Teresa Mo (b. 1958), Hong Kong actress
  • Mao WeiJia, singer
  • Mao Yingchu, (1910-2000), an ace-fighter pilot during the War of Resistance/WWII; former commander of the 4th Fighter Group
  • Mao Ning (diplomat) (born 1972)

茅

zh:茅姓 zh:Category:茅姓

  • 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
  • Mao (given name), a feminine Japanese given name
  • Mow (surname)

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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