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Mu (surname)

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Mu is the pinyin romanization of several Chinese surnames.

() was listed 98th on the Song Dynasty list of the Hundred Family Surnames.[1][better source needed]

() was listed 225th on the Song Dynasty list of the Hundred Family Surnames.[1][better source needed]

() was listed 329th on the Song Dynasty list of the Hundred Family Surnames.[1][better source needed]

There are also surnames (), (), (), (), () and (), 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

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Surname Mù (穆)

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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.

Surname Mù (木)

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(not among the 400 most surnames)

Surname Mǔ (母)

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344 母 0.010% 13.50 Sichuan

Surname Mù (沐)

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References

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  1. ^ a b c "百家姓". Sohu.com. Retrieved 2017-01-10.
  2. ^ Michael Dillon (16 December 2013). China's Muslim Hui Community: Migration, Settlement and Sects. Taylor & Francis. p. 33. ISBN 978-1-136-80940-8.
  3. ^ 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.

See also

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