Mạc ( Hán tự: 莫) is a Vietnamese surname. The name is transliterated as Mo in Chinese and Mua in

Hmong language Hmong / Mong (; RPA: ''Hmoob,'' ; Nyiakeng Puachue: ; Pahawh: , ) is a dialect continuum of the West Hmongic branch of the Hmongic languages spoken by the Hmong people of Sichuan, Yunnan, Guizhou, Guangxi, Hainan, northern Vietnam, Thailand ...

. It is also of

Gaelic Gaelic is an adjective that means "pertaining to the Gaels". As a noun it refers to the group of languages spoken by the Gaels, or to any one of the languages individually. Gaelic languages are spoken in Ireland, Scotland, the Isle of Man, and Ca ...

origin, meaning son, used as a prefix in many Irish and

Scottish Scottish usually refers to something of, from, or related to Scotland, including: *Scottish Gaelic, a Celtic Goidelic language of the Indo-European language family native to Scotland *Scottish English *Scottish national identity, the Scottish ide ...

surnames e.g.

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, and MacGregor. Mac is the anglicised variation of the surname Mạc.

Distribution

As a surname, Mac is the 409th most common surname, in Great Britain, with 23,149 bearers. It is most common in the

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, and Greater Manchester, where it is the 25th and 107th most common surname, in both counties having 3,268 bearers, respectively. Other concentrations include, the Western Isles, (13th,1,712),

East Lothian East Lothian (; sco, East Lowden; gd, Lodainn an Ear) is one of the 32 council areas of Scotland, as well as a historic county, registration county and lieutenancy area. The county was called Haddingtonshire until 1921. In 1975, the histo ...

, (63rd,1,698), the City of Glasgow, (90th,3,188),

County Down County Down () is one of the six counties of Northern Ireland, one of the nine counties of Ulster and one of the traditional thirty-two counties of Ireland. It covers an area of and has a population of 531,665. It borders County Antrim to the ...

, (147th,1,686),

East Sussex East Sussex is a ceremonial and non-metropolitan county in South East England on the English Channel coast. It is bordered by Kent to the north and east, West Sussex to the west, and Surrey to the north-west. The largest settlement in East Su ...

, (247th,1,646), Belfast, (266th,1,682),

Berkshire Berkshire ( ; in the 17th century sometimes spelt phonetically as Barkeshire; abbreviated Berks.) is a historic county in South East England. One of the home counties, Berkshire was recognised by Queen Elizabeth II as the Royal County of Berk ...

, (383rd,1,696), South Yorkshire, (466th,1,626), Merseyside, (490th,1,624), and

Greater London Greater may refer to: *Greatness, the state of being great *Greater than, in inequality (mathematics), inequality *Greater (film), ''Greater'' (film), a 2016 American film *Greater (flamingo), the oldest flamingo on record *Greater (song), "Greate ...

, (1,189th,1,730).

Notable people with the surname Mạc

* Mạc Đĩnh Chi * Mạc Cửu, a Chinese adventurer who played a role in relations between Cambodia and the Nguyen court * Mạc Đăng Doanh :* Mạc Đăng Dung, a Vietnamese emperor and the founder of the Mạc dynasty ** Mạc dynasty, ruled the northern provinces of Vietnam from 1527 until 1592 :* Mạc Mậu Hợp

Notable people with the surname Mac

Alison Mac Alison Mac is a British actress from North East England. She has played Wilf (daughter of Jerome Flynn's character 'Tom McCabe') in the short lived BBC Wildlife Drama Series ''Badger'' from 1999 to 2000. She is probably best known for her portra ...

, British actress * Bernie Mac, American comedian *

Annie Mac Annie Mac (born 18 July 1978), is an Irish DJ, broadcaster and writer. She hosted a variety of shows on BBC Radio 1, including BBC Switch and ''Future Sounds''. She also DJed in various locations, including hosting her AMP (Annie Mac Presents) ...

, Irish DJ and presenter {{DEFAULTSORT:Mac Vietnamese-language surnames vi:Mạc (họ)