Surname Overview
Surname Status
Within its Chinese-character surname reference framework, the page lists “漫,” pronounced màn, as a currently uncommon surname; the source does not state an ethnic affiliation.
Man Surname
Population reference (not a current census): 3Man / Man
Origins
Proposed Origin
The page cites Wanxing Tongpu and states that “漫” was a river name originating west of Gucheng in Hebei; the wording “or” preserves this as a possibility that the surname arose from a water name.
Historical Records
Documentary Attestation
The surname is recorded in Xu Tongzhi, “Shizu Lue”; the page does not provide the original wording or a specific entry from that work.
Notable People
Historical Figure
The page records Man Zhi in the Ming period, identifying him as a person from Yizhou and a Xuande-period juren; the source does not connect him with other people of the same surname in a shared lineage.
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