Surname Overview
Surname Type
“颇超” is attested as a surname and is classified as a compound surname. The source places it under “compound surnames of various peoples,” rather than treating it as a Han Chinese single surname.
Pōchāo Surname
Surname profilePōchāo / P'o-ch'ao
Origins
Group and Naming System
According to the source’s quotation from the “Tang History, Account of the Dangxiang,” the Dangxiang “distinguished tribes by surnames,” and therefore included surnames such as “颇超氏.” This is retained as the naming system described in the text, without extending it into a more specific claim about ethnic origin.
Historical Records
Evidence Boundary
The available material explicitly provides only the record quoted by the “Qinding Xu Tongzhi” under “compound surnames of various peoples,” attributed to the “Tang History, Account of the Dangxiang.” The page gives no further information on commanderies, halls, migration, notable people, genealogy generation names, or population, so none is added.
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