Mao (surname)

Mao (surname)
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 茆 Máo, 卯 Máo, 貌 Mào etc.

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).

茅 is the 119th surname in Hundred Family Surnames.

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