Na Family History

Korean: there is only one Chinese character for the Na surname. Some sources indicate that there are 46 different Na clans but only two of them can be documented and it is believed that these two sprang from a common founding ancestor. The Na clan's founding ancestor Na Pu migrated from China sometime during the mid seventh century and settled in the Naju area. Compare Nah 3 and Ra Chinese: Mandarin form of the surname 那 meaning ‘that’ in Chinese: (i) from Na (那) the name of a state (located in present-day Hebei province) during the Spring and Autumn period (770–476 BC) established by the migrants from the state of Quan due to the war launched by the state of Chu. (ii) traced back to minority ethnic groups in China such as Manchus who adopted Na (那) as their Han Chinese surname. Chinese: Mandarin form of the surname 納: (i) a surname of the Hui ethnic group said to be traced back to Nasr al-Din (died 1292 AD translated into Chinese as Na Su La Ding: 納速剌丁) a provincial governor of Yunnan and of Shaanxi during the Yuan dynasty and also the eldest son of the famous official Sayyid Ajall Shams al-Din Omar al-Bukhari (1211–79). (ii) adopted as a Han Chinese surname from other minority ethnic groups in China. Chinese: variant Romanization of the surname 藍 see Lan

Source: Dictionary of American Family Names 2nd edition, 2022