Guo (trad. 國, simp. 国) is a Chinese surname. It is Romanized as Kuo in Wade-Giles, Kok in Min Nan and Gwok in Cantonese. According to a 2013 study, it was the 339th most common name in China; it was shared by 171,000 people, or 0.013% of the population, being most popular in Shandong.[2] It is the 354th name in the Hundred Family Surnames poem.[3]
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| Traditional Chinese | 國 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Literal meaning | country[1] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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It should not be confused with the much more common surname Guō (郭) (lit. 'city wall').[4]
Origins
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The surname Guo is claimed to derive from:
- descendants of Guo Ai (國哀), teacher of Yu the Great, first Xia dynasty king
- descendants of a noble family in the state of Qi during the Spring and Autumn period (770–476 BC)
- Zi Guo (子國), style name of Fa, a prince in the state of Zheng during the Spring and Autumn period[5]
Notable people
edit- Guo Yuan (Zini) (國淵, fl. AD 190s–210s), advisor to Cao Cao
- Guo Ai (國哀; d. 1428), concubine of the Xuande Emperor
- Guo Wei (国伟, born 1969), ice hockey player
- Guo Linyao (国林耀, born 1972), gymnast
References
edit- ^ "My China Roots". www.mychinaroots.com.
- ^ Yuan Yida (袁义达), Qiu Jiaru, 邱家儒. 中国四百大姓. Beijing Book Co. Inc., 1 January 2013
- ^ K. S. Tom. [1989] (1989). Echoes from Old China: Life, Legends and Lore of the Middle Kingdom. University of Hawaii Press. ISBN 0-8248-1285-9.
- ^ Rozkalns, Ugis. "ChinesePod". ChinesePod.
- ^ "Guo Surname/Last Name: Meaning, Origin, Family History 2024". discover.23andme.com.