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Updated January 23, 2020

Family name origins & meanings

  • Chinese : from the name of a state of Mou that existed during the Zhou dynasty (1122–221 bc). Descendants of the ruling class of this state adopted its name as their surname.
  • Chinese : variant of Mo 1.
  • Laotian : unexplained.

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