User:Ceyockey/Ma (surname)

Ma (simplified: 马; traditional: 馬; pinyin: mǎ) is one of the most common Chinese family names. As of 2006, it ranks as the 14th most common Chinese surname in Mainland China and a common surname within the Chinese Muslim community. This surname literally means "horse" in Mandarin and Cantonese.

Frequency
This surname was undetectable in several countries:
 * Poland - 1990; not found within the top 20,000 surnames
 * Sweden - 2007; top 100 surnames

Notable individuals with the surname Ma

 * Ma Chao, Chinese general during the Three Kingdoms Era (176 – 222)
 * Ma Chung-Yin, Chinese Eastern Turkestan activist (fl. 1930s)
 * Ma Hualong, Chinese-Muslim (Hui) religious and insurrection leader (d. 1871)
 * Jack Ma, Chinese Internet entrepreneur (b. 1964)
 * Ma Jae-Yoon, South Korean StarCraft player (b. 1987)
 * Ma Lik, Former Legislative Councillor and Chairman of the pro-Beijing Democratic Alliance for Betterment of Hong Kong (DAB) (1952 – 2007)
 * Qingyun Ma, Architect, founder of MADA s.p.a.m. firm and Dean of University of Southern California School of Architecture (b. 1965)
 * Ma Sanli, Chinese comedian (1914 – 2003)
 * Tzi Ma, Chinese-American actor (b. 1962)
 * Ma Xiaonian, Physician and sexologist (b. 1945)
 * Ma Ying-jeou, President of Taiwan (Republic of China) (b. 1950)
 * Ma Yuan (Han Dynasty), Chinese general of Eastern Han Dynasty (14 BC – 49)
 * Ma Yuan (painter), Chinese painter of Song Dynasty (1160–1165 to 1225)
 * Yo-Yo Ma, French-born American cellist (b. 1955)