Mao Family History
Mao Name Meaning
Chinese : from the name of an area called Mao, in
present-day Henan province, during the Zhou dynasty (1122–221
bc. Bo Dan, the ninth son of Wen Wang, was granted this
following the establishment of the Zhou dynasty in 1122
bc). In due course his descendants adopted the place name Mao
as their surname. This character also means ‘hair’ or ‘feather’. ML
This was the family name of Mao Zedong (1893–1976), the Chinese
Communist Party chairman.Chinese : another son
of Wen Wang—the third, Mao Shu—was granted a different state,
whose name is also pronounced Mao. Descendants adopted the name
of this state as their surname. This character also means ‘thatched’
or ‘type of grass used in thatching’.Cambodian:
unexplained.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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Name Distribution of Mao Families
MAP:
England & Wales
Scotland
Number of Mao families
 3 - 2  2 - 2 |
 1  |
from the 1891 England and Wales Census Data
Number of Mao families
|
2 - 1 2 - 1 |
1 |
from the 1891 Scotland Census Data
Mao census records
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Mao Family Origin
Mao Emigration Information (US)
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from the New York Passenger Lists
Mao Family Occupations
from 1881 UK Census Data
Mao census records
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Military Service by Mao
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| MAO Joseph Trinh Tien and Teresa Nguyen Thi Hoan | | t42Moore | 0 |
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