Mu (surname)
Mu is the pinyin romanization of several Chinese surnames.
Mù (穆) was listed 98th on the Song Dynasty list of the Hundred Family Surnames.[1]
Mù (牧) was listed 225th on the Song Dynasty list of the Hundred Family Surnames.[1]
Mù (慕) was listed 329th on the Song Dynasty list of the Hundred Family Surnames.[1]
There are also surnames Mù (木), Mǔ (母), Mù (目), Mù (沐), Mù (睦) and Mù (暮), which are not in the Hundred Family Surnames list. Among Hui people, Mu is a sinified version of Muhammad together with Ma.[2]
Notable people
Surname Mù (穆)
It is the 98th name on the Hundred Family Surnames poem.[3]
188th name in 2013 shared by 0.048% of the population or 640,000 people with the province with the most being Guizhou.
- Mu Shiying, Chinese writer
- Mu Qing (journalist), Chinese journalist and politician
- Mu Tiezhu, Chinese basketball player
- Mu Hong (politician), Chinese economist and official
- Mu Guiying, legendary heroine and prominent figure in Generals of the Yang Family legends
- Mu Hong character in the novel Water Margin
- Mu Shun, character in the novel Water Margin
- Mu Nianci, character in the novel The Legend of the Condor Heroes
Surname Mù (木)
(not among the 400 most surnames)
- Mu Qing (tusi), poet and official in the Ming Dynasty
- Mu Zeng, son of Mu Qing
- Mu Wanqing, character in the novel Demi-Gods and Semi-Devils
Surname Mù (沐)
- Mu Ying, a general in the Ming Dynasty.
References
- "百家姓". Sohu.com. Retrieved 2017-01-10.
- Michael Dillon (16 December 2013). China's Muslim Hui Community: Migration, Settlement and Sects. Taylor & Francis. p. 33. ISBN 978-1-136-80940-8.
- K. S. Tom. [1989] (1989). Echoes from Old China: Life, Legends and Lore of the Middle Kingdom. University of Hawaii Press. ISBN 0-8248-1285-9.
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