Chinese surnames

马

mǎ · Ma

Order in the Hundred Family Surnames
No. 52
Ancestral seat (junwang)
扶风
Wikidata
Q1931708

In other languages

  • German Ma
  • English Ma
  • Spanish Ma
  • French Ma
  • Japanese 馬
  • Korean 마
  • Russian Ма
  • Vietnamese Mã
  • Traditional Chinese 馬

Notable historical bearers

Deceased people recorded in Wikidata with this family name, ordered by how many Wikipedias cover them.

  • Zheng He1371 – 1433

    Chinese mariner, explorer, and diplomat

  • Banhan Sinlapa-acha1932 – 2016

    Prime Minister of Thailand (1932-2016)

  • Ma Yuan1160 – 1225

    Chinese painter from Song Dynasty (1160-1225)

  • Ma Bufang1903 – 1975

    Chinese politician (1903-1975)

  • Ma Huan1380 – 1460

    Ming dynasty translator, voyager and writer

  • Ma Chao176 – 222

    Chinese military general and warlord (176–222)

  • Ma Teng156 – 212

    Chinese Han dynasty warlord (died 212)

  • Ma Yuan14 BCE – 49

    Chinese general who served during the Eastern Han dynasty

  • Ma Duanlin1245 – 1322

    Chinese historical writer and encyclopaedist (1245-1322)

  • Ma Zhongying1910 – 1936

    Chinese Muslim warlord

  • Ma Jun200 – 265

    3rd century Chinese mechanical engineer

  • Ma Dai183 – 300

    3rd century State of Shu Han general

  • Mazu Daoyi709 – 788

    Chinese Buddhist philosopher (709–788)

  • Ma Liang187 – 222

    Chinese official (187–222)

  • Muhammad Ma Jian1906 – 1978

    Chinese Islamic scholar and translator (1906–1978)

  • Ma Zhiyuan1270 – 1330

    playwright

  • Ma Su190 – 228

    Shu Han general and strategist (190-228)

  • Empress Ma40 – 79

    empress of the Eastern Han dynasty

  • Ma Rong79 – 166

    Chinese poet and politician (79-166)

  • Ma Zhanshan1885 – 1950

    Chinese politician (1885–1950)

  • Ma Shouzhen1548 – 1604

    Chinese courtesan, painter, poet, and composer (1548-1604)

  • Ma Lin1873 – 1945

    Chinese politician (1873-1945)

  • Ma Fuxiang1876 – 1932

    Chinese politician (1876–1932)

  • Empress Ma1332 – 1382

    Ming Dynasty empress, died 1382

Find printed genealogies

The Shanghai Library holds one of the largest collections of Chinese family genealogies (jiapu). Its genealogy platform lists each genealogy's title, ancestral place, founding ancestor, hall name and holding library. Search there by surname and your family's ancestral place.

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Sources: the Hundred Family Surnames (public domain) with ancestral seats from the chinese-poetry dataset (MIT); spellings and people from Wikidata (CC0).