Mao / Mao
The surname 卯 is pronounced máo and may also be pronounced mǎo; it is a surname group with multiple ethnic and source origins.
In current surname rankings, 卯 is outside the top 500 in mainland China and ranks 459th in Taiwan Province.
The founding ancestors associated with the surname 卯 include Mao Shu (Ji Mao), Yu Ze, Yu Qian, Zhu Yuanzhang, and Shi Na.
The surname 卯 is mainly associated with Shanfu, Wuzhou, and Weining as commanderies of origin.
Among contemporary 卯-surname users, ancestral hometowns are mainly distributed in Yunnan (50.0%), Shanxi (25.0%), and Henan (25.0%).
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