Ma (surname)

Ma
Ma surname in regular script
Pronunciation	Mǎ (Pinyin) Má, Bé (Pe̍h-ōe-jī)
Language(s)	Chinese, Vietnamese, Korean
Origin
Language(s)	Old Chinese
Derivation	Name of a district Muhammad (name)
Meaning	horse
Other names
Variant(s)	Ma, Mah, Mar (Mandarin, Cantonese) Beh (Teochew) Ma (Korean) Mã (Vietnamese)

Ma (simplified Chinese: 马; traditional Chinese: 馬; pinyin: Mǎ) is a Chinese family name. The surname literally means "horse". It is one of the most common family names in China. As of 2006, it ranks as the 14th most common Chinese surname in Mainland China and the most common surname within the Chinese Muslim community, specifically the Hui people, Dongxiang people, and Salar people.^[1] However, this surname should not be identified with the Korean surname 'Ma' (마) which has the same pronunciation with the Chinese 'Ma' but has its own distinct history.

The offspring of Zhao She adopted "Ma" (馬), the first word of the district Ma Fu, as their surname. Variant spellings of "Ma" include Mah, Beh and Mar.

Hui Muslims, Salars, Bonan and Dongxiang people commonly adopted Ma as the translation for their surname Muhammad. for e.g. Ma Jian, Ma Benzhai, Ma clique.^[2][3][4][5]

During the Ming dynasty, the Zhengde Emperor had a Uyghur concubine with the surname Ma.^[6][7]

Notable people

• Ma Anliang (1855–1919), Qing dynasty and National Revolutionary Army (NRA) general
• Mah Bow Tan (Ma Baoshan) (born 1948), Singaporean politician
• Ma Chao (176–222), Shu Han general in the Three Kingdoms period
• Ma Ching-chiang (Ma Jingqiang), Republic of China Army general
• Ma Dahan, Dongxiang anti-Qing dynasty rebel
• Ma Dai, Shu Han general in the Three Kingdoms period
• Yusuf Ma Dexin (1794–1874), Qing dynasty Islamic scholar
• Edward Ma, member of the electronica band Glitch Mob
• Ma Hualong (died 1871), head of the Chinese Sufi order Jahriyya and one of the leaders of the Dungan revolt (1862–77)
• Ma Huateng (born 1971), entrepreneur and founder of Tencent
• Jack Ma (born 1964), internet entrepreneur and Executive Chairman of Alibaba Group
• Jeff Ma, former member of the MIT Blackjack Team
• Ma Jin (born 1988), badminton player
• Ma Jun (fl. 220–265), Cao Wei mechanical engineer and official in the Three Kingdoms period
• Ma Jun (born ca. 1968), environmentalist, non-fiction writer and journalist
• Ma Junren (born 1944), Chinese track and field coach
• Ma Laichi (1681–1766), founder of the Chinese Sufi Khufiyya movement
• Ma Lik (Ma Li) (1952–2007), former Hong Kong Legislative Councillor and Chairman of the pro-Beijing Democratic Alliance for Betterment of Hong Kong (DAB)
• Ma Linyi (1864–1938), former Minister of Education in Gansu province under the Nationalist Government
• Ma Liyan (born 1968), Chinese female long-distance runner
• Ma Long (born 1988), table tennis player, ranked first as of March 2013 in the International Table Tennis Federation
• Ma Mingxin (1719–1781), founder of the Chinese Sufi order Jahriyya
• Ma Qinghua (born 1987), racing driver
• Ma Qingyun (born 1965), architect
• Ma Qixi (1857–1914), founder of the Xidaotang
• Ma Ruifang (born 1942), author, scholar and professor at Shandong University's School of Literature
• Ma Sanli (1914–2003), comedian
• Ma Shaowu (1874–1937), member of the Xinjiang clique in the ROC (1912–49) era
• Ma Shenglin (died 1871), Qing dynasty rebel who participated in the Panthay Rebellion
• Ma Sicong (1912–1987), violinist and composer
• Ma Teng (died 211), Eastern Han dynasty warlord
• Tzi Ma (Ma Zhi) (born 1962), Chinese American actor
• Ma Wanfu (1849–1934), Dongxiang anti-Qing dynasty rebel and founder of the Yihewani movement
• Ma Xiao, National Revolutionary Army (NRA) general who participated in the Sino-Tibetan War
• Ma Xiaochun (born 1964), professional weiqi player
• Ma Xiaonian (born 1945), physician and sexologist
• Ma Xinyi (1821–1870), Qing dynasty official and general
• Ma Ying-jeou (Ma Yingjiu) (born 1950), President of the Republic of China
• Yo-Yo Ma (Ma Youyou) (born 1955), French American cellist
• Ma Yuan (14 BC – 49 AD), Eastern Han dynasty general
• Ma Yuan (c. 1160–65 – 1225), Song dynasty painter
• Ma Yuanzhang, a member of the Chinese Sufi order Jahriyya
• Ma Zhanhai (died 1932), NRA general who participated in the Sino-Tibetan War
• Ma Zhanshan (1885–1950), NRA general who fought in the Second Sino-Japanese War

Members of the Ma clique in the Qing dynasty and the Republic of China (1912–49) era

• Ma Bufang (1903–1975)
• Ma Bukang
• Ma Buqing (1901–1977)
• Ma Biao
• Ma Chengxiang (1914–1991)
• Ma Dunjing (1906–1972)
• Ma Dunjing (1910–2003)
• Ma Fulu (1854–1900)
• Ma Fushou
• Ma Fuxiang (1876–1932)
• Ma Fuxing (1864–1924)
• Ma Fuyuan
• Ma Guoliang
• Ma Haiyan (1837–1900)
• Ma Hongbin (1884–1960)
• Ma Hongkui (1892–1970)
• Ma Hushan (1910–1954)
• Ma Jiyuan (1921–2012)
• Ma Lin (1873–1945)
• Ma Qi (1869–1931)
• Ma Qianling (1824－1909)
• Ma Rulong
• Ma Sheng-kuei (Ma Shenggui)
• Ma Zhan'ao (1830–1886)
• Ma Zhancang
• Ma Zhongying (fl. 1930s)
• Ma Xizhen

See also

• List of common Chinese surnames

References

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3. BARRY RUBIN (2000). Guide to Islamist Movements. M.E. Sharpe. p. 79. ISBN 0-7656-1747-1. Retrieved 2011-04-09.
4. Leif O. Manger (1999). Muslim diversity: local Islam in global contexts. Routledge. p. 132. ISBN 0-7007-1104-X. Retrieved 2011-04-09.
5. Susan Debra Blum, Lionel M. Jensen (2002). China off center: mapping the margins of the middle kingdom. University of Hawaii Press. p. 121. ISBN 0-8248-2577-2. Retrieved 2011-04-09.
6. Association for Asian Studies. Ming Biographical History Project Committee, Luther Carrington Goodrich, Zhaoying Fang (1976). Dictionary of Ming biography, 1368-1644, Volume 2. Columbia University Press. p. 314. ISBN 0-231-03801-1. Retrieved 2010-11-28.
7. Peter C. Perdue (2005). China marches west: the Qing conquest of Central Eurasia. Harvard University Press. p. 64. ISBN 0-674-01684-X. Retrieved 2011-04-17.