Chinese surnames

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miào · Miào

Order in the Hundred Family Surnames
No. 172
Ancestral seat (junwang)
兰陵
Wikidata
Q16260510

In other languages

  • German Miào
  • English Miào
  • Spanish Miào
  • French Miào
  • Japanese 繆

Notable historical bearers

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

  • Miao Quansun1844 – 1919

    Chinese librarian and historian

  • Miao Xi186 – 245

    Chinese poet, AD 186-245

  • Miao Yuntai1894 – 1988

    Chinese politician (1894-1988)

  • Miao Bin1899 – 1946

    Chinese politician

  • Miao Yousun1851 – 1894

    Qing dynasty person CBDB = 353459

  • Miao Xiyong1546 – 1627

    Chinese Ming dynasty physician

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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).