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Mao is the romanization of several Chinese family names including common names 毛 Máo 茅 Māo and some rare names wikt:茆 Máo wikt:卯 Máo wikt:貌 Mào etc.wikt:毛 originated from Ji (Chinese: 姬; pinyin: Jī) the clan name of Zhou Dynasty. 毛 is the 106th surname in the Hundred Family Surnames and ranks 87th largest number of people with this surname in China(2007).wikt:茅 is the 119th surname in Hundred Family Surnames.