Mok

Mo
Origin
Region of origin	China

The Chinese family name Mo (莫) is pronounced in Mandarin as "Mò" (4th tone), in Cantonese as "Mok⁶" (6th tone), and in Hmong as "Moua", "Mua", or "Muas". 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 (莫陽城; in modern day Pingxiang County, Hebei) and took it as their surname. Mo is ranked 168th for its frequency of appearance according to the Hundred Family Surnames. In 2004, there were 15,400,000 bearers of the name in China and 73,000 outside it.

Famous people named 莫

Artists

Max Mok Siu-Chung (莫少聰), Hong Kong actor
Hoyan Mok (莫可欣), Winner of Miss Hong Kong Pageant (1993)
Kan Mok (莫鎮賢), Hong Kong famous singer

Business

Charles Mok (莫乃光), early Internet entrepreneur and ICT advocate in Hong Kong

Production

Ken Mok, Executive Producer of ANTM
May Mok (莫美華), Sound (editor, mixer, designer, effects editor) and adr recordist
Mok Tze Ming, New Zealand writer

Politics

Mạc Đăng Dung (莫登庸), the founder of the Mạc Dynasty, Vietnam
Mo Xuanqing (莫宣卿), the youngest Number One Scholar (in the imperial examination) in Chinese history
Mo Yueding (莫月鼎), Shenxiao Taoist Sect, in Song Dynasty and Yuan Dynasty
Mo Teh-hui (莫德惠), Minister of Agricultural and Business in Republic of China
Ta Mok, Khmer Rouge South-Western Zone commander
Mee Moua (莫米） Mim Muas), Hmong American politician from Minnesota

Sports

Mo Huilan (莫慧兰), Chinese gymnast Silver Medal, 1996 Olympic Games (Atlanta)

Bill Mok (莫國城), Executive Committee Member of World Karate Federation (WKF); Secretary General of Asian Karatedo Federation (AKF); Director of Japan Karatedo Seigokan.

Mok Ying Ren, SEA Games Gold Medallist for Triathlon 2007, 2009 Singapore Marathon Local Champion. Mok Ying Ren

References

Citation: Mok, Norman (2004). "History of the Mok Surname" (http://www2.normie.org:81/chineseroots/Mok/MokHistory.php). Retrieved Apr. 6, 2006.

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