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Chinese surname Chinese surnames are used by Han Chinese and Sinicized ethnic groups in China, Taiwan, Korea, Vietnam, and among overseas Chinese communities around the world such as Singapore and Malaysia. Written Chinese names begin with surnames, unlike the ...

s. Mù () was listed 98th on the

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list of the ''

Hundred Family Surnames The ''Hundred Family Surnames'' (), commonly known as ''Bai Jia Xing'', also translated as ''Hundreds of Chinese Surnames'', is a classic Chinese text composed of common Chinese surnames. An unknown author compiled the book during the Song dyn ...

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Hui people The Hui people ( zh, c=, p=Huízú, w=Hui2-tsu2, Xiao'erjing: , dng, Хуэйзў, ) are an East Asian ethnoreligious group predominantly composed of Chinese-speaking adherents of Islam. They are distributed throughout China, mainly in the ...

, Mu is a sinified version of

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together with Ma.

Notable people

Surname Mù (穆)

It is the 98th name on the ''

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(1989). Echoes from Old China: Life, Legends and Lore of the Middle Kingdom.

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. . 188th name in 2013 shared by 0.048% of the population or 640,000 people with the province with the most being

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Mu Shiying Mu Shiying (; March 14, 1912 – June 28, 1940) was a Chinese writer who is best known for his modernist short stories. He was active in Shanghai in the 1930s where he contributed to journals like ''Les Contemporains'' (, 1932-1935), edited by S ...

, Chinese writer *

Mu Qing (journalist) Mù Qīng (; March 15, 1921 – October 11, 2003) was a Chinese journalist and politician. He was known for his contributions to Chinese journalism in the 20th century. He was a reporter at Xinhua News Agency for decades before becoming its Pres ...

, Chinese journalist and politician * Mu Tiezhu, Chinese basketball player *

Mu Hong (politician) Mu Hong (; born December 1956) is a Chinese economist and official, serving since 2014 as the executive deputy director of the Office of Deepening Reform (minister-level), and since 2007 as a deputy director of the National Development and Refor ...

, Chinese economist and official * Mu Guiying, legendary heroine and prominent figure in ''Generals of the Yang Family'' legends *

Mu Hong Mu Hong (; born December 1956) is a Chinese economist and official, serving since 2014 as the executive deputy director of the Office of Deepening Reform (minister-level), and since 2007 as a deputy director of the National Development and Refor ...

character in the novel ''Water Margin'' * Mu Shun, character in the novel ''Water Margin'' *

Mu Nianci Mu Nianci is a character in the wuxia novel ''The Legend of the Condor Heroes'' by Jin Yong (Louis Cha). She is the romantic interest of the antagonist, Yang Kang, and the mother of Yang Guo, the protagonist in the sequel novel, ''The Return of ...

, character in the novel ''The Legend of the Condor Heroes''

Surname Mù (木)

(not among the 400 most surnames) *

Mu Qing (tusi) Mu Qing (; September 18, 1569 – November 23, 1597), also known as A-sheng A-chai (his Nakhi name), was the 19th Tusi of Lijiang.《木氏宦谱》(木氏宗谱) ，【清】木钟等编《中国西南古纳西王国》(''The Ancient Nakhi ...

, poet and official in the Ming Dynasty *

Mu Zeng Mu Zeng (, September 19, 1587 – September 9, 1646), also known as A-chai A-ssu in Nakhi, was the native chieftain of Lijiang between 1597 and 1623. He was born to Mu Qing () and Ashijia () and ascended the throne when he was ten years old. The ...

, son of Mu Qing * Mu Wanqing, character in the novel ''

Demi-Gods and Semi-Devils ''Demi-Gods and Semi-Devils'' is a wuxia novel by Jin Yong (Louis Cha). It was first serialised concurrently from 3 September 1963 to 27 May 1966 in the newspapers ''Ming Pao'' in Hong Kong and ''Nanyang Siang Pau'' in Singapore. It has been a ...

Surname Mǔ (母)

344 母 0.010% 13.50 Sichuan * Mu Guoguang, Chinese opticist and educator.

Surname Mù (沐)

Mu Ying Mu Ying (1345–1392) was a Chinese military general and politician during the Ming dynasty, and an adopted son of its founder, the Hongwu Emperor. When the Ming dynasty emerged, the Hongwu Emperor's military officers who served under him were gi ...

, a general in the

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Notable people

Surname Mù (穆)

Surname Mù (木)

Surname Mǔ (母)

Surname Mù (沐)

References

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