Mo (Chinese surname)
Mo is the pinyin romanization of the surname pronounced in Standard Chinese as "Mò" and in Cantonese as "Mok6". The surname is often romanized as Mok where Cantonese speakers are prominent. According to a study of Mu Ying's Name record, the surname came to be when descendants of the antediluvian ruler Zhuanxu abbreviated the name of his city, Moyangcheng and took it as their surname.
As Chinese family names go, Mo is relatively rare, ranked 168th in the Hundred Family Surnames. In 2004, there were an estimated 73,000 people with the surname of Mo abroad and 1,540,000 Mos in China.
Western like as similar surname: Moore, Morris, Morgan, Moss, Moran, Monroe
Related surname with Ma & Mu
When not used as a surname, 'Mo' means 'do not'.
Notable people
Arts and culture
- Evelyn Mok, Chinese-Swedish-English comedian
- Ping Mo, Chinese architect
- Max Mok Siu-Chung, Hong Kong actor
- Hoyan Mok, winner of Miss Hong Kong Pageant
- Karen Mok, Hong Kong singer and actress.
- Warren Mok, Hong Kong tenor
- Mo Han, Chinese singer, member of SNH48
Business
- Charles Mok, Hong Kong internet entrepreneur
Production
- Ken Mok, American television producer
- May Mok, Hong Kong sound editor
- Tze Ming Mok, New Zealand writer
Politics
- Mo Xuanqing, the youngest "number one scholar" in Chinese history
Sports
- Mo Huilan, Chinese gymnast, silver medalist at the 1996 Olympic Games