Miáo (苗) is a Chinese language surname. In 2013 it was counted as the 157th most common surname with 1 million people sharing the name or 0.075% of the total population, the province with the largest population of people with the name is Henan.[1] It is the 53rd name on the Hundred Family Surnames poem.[2]

Notable people

  • Nora Miao (stagename, Chinese: 苗可秀, born 陳詠憫 1952), Hong Kong actress
  • Miao Miao (Chinese: 苗苗; pinyin: Miáo Miao) (born 1981), Australian table tennis player
  • Miao Wei (Chinese: 苗圩; born 1955), Chinese politician and business executive
  • Vivi Miao (born 1988), also known as Miao Miao, Chinese actress
  • Miao Pu (born 1977), Chinese actress

References

  1. ↑ 中国四百大姓 Front Cover, 袁义达, 邱家儒, Beijing Book Co. Inc., Jan 1, 2013
  2. ↑ 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.
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