In Hmong/Miao, Ma surname is pronounced as Moua or Mua. There is a large Hmong population in Southern China, Northern Vietnam, United States of Anerica, Laos, and Thailand. I’m sure the Hmong people will be interested in learning about the history to their surnames.
@@FearlessPassport It's 罗 (Luō). I did a little research based on curiosity about my surname but probably you have more resources, accurate and valid data for that kinda information :)
Hi, I like your videos about the history, food and traditions. I was wondering if you can also cover the history of the various kapitans eg kapitan cina, kapitan arab ,etc. Thank you.
Hi didnt see yr posting for sometime but here you are again! And a good one this on surname originality. I always wondered where all those surnames comes from. I do know mine derives from the Qin dynasty but how I got it - no idea - I only know my grandfather comes from China in the Fujian/Foochow province. But am very proud of it - Chin -. One day will really look into it! Thanks again.
Another great video. I have used My China Roots and unfortunately my family records were destroyed in a flood but I do have the location of my grandfather’s village.
Wow as long you know the village name, My China Roots can help you to track down your ancestors too.. they are very reliable and give unexpected results.😉 rmb to use my code yeeven22 for 5% discount :)
@@FearlessPassport Unfortunately I do not, not many at least to my knowledge of my relatives was looking at this deeply. I did some researched on my own some time back, it seems it all started with 伍子胥. Many people in China seems to know 伍子胥 but not overseas Chinese. The association of Dragon boat festival to Qu Yuan versus 伍子胥. There are many interesting stories to 伍子胥 in Chinese Opera eg. Whipping of the corpse of King Chu Kingdom, in Japan folktale etc. The surname 吳 seems to be more "popularly" used instead of 伍. Pls continue to do you great work. 🥰
Nice. I read in somewhere that when Admiral Zheng He went to Africa, he invited 3 Masai chiefs to visit China. 2 of them stayed behind and their descendants adopted the family name of "Ma". Not sure if this is true but Emperor Yingle did invite a lot of foreign dignitaries to stay in China and a lot of them stayed there for a long time or decided to stay for good..Cheers
correction at the 6:20 time . Only people who rebel against imperial authority will have all family members bearing their surname will be executed and not because of a change in dynasty or emperor
History surname meaning: Ma = Mahmud/Horse/Mother Origin from Central Asia (Persian or Uzbek) to China Dynasty at Silk Way Land use Horse). Variations Surname similiar: Mu ( 'Ki' in Japanese "Aoki,Kimura,Kuroki,Maki,Sasaki,Suzuki,Yuki), Ma(Minamoto,Miyamoto,Iwamoto, Mamoto,Mamoru), In Chinese (Mu,Mo,Mao), in Korean (Bae), In indonesia (Mamu, Mamusung,Mamuaya,Mamud,Mahmudi/Mahmudin,Mahfud) In Turkey (Mehmed), in western (Mamo,Mars,May,Matthew,Mark)
My family 族譜is very complete all the way up to 太子晉😁，and there is still some relative back in China, of course no more contact , except my father still contact them
Hello Yeeven, my surname is Feng, this is its traditional form 馮 and this is its simplified form 冯. Would there be any chance if you could research its origins?
@@FearlessPassport This is also my surname “Fong”- same chinese character. My grandfather came to Sarawak from Guangnin, GuangDong, China. Lionel Pang, are your ancestors also from Guangnin ? I have a copy of my family tree from China. If you are from my same area I can share a copy with you through Yeeven.
Oh surname origin story this one is so interesting👍🏻 I've never heard of 馬 surname in Korea(Ma Dongseok's real surname is Lee) I think Chinese surname is more various than Korean ones. My surname is 白. Not much common in Korea as Kim, Lee, Park. When I travelled Malaysia I saw they were selling keychains of each surname. I searched all around the country but I couldn't find mine😂🥲
And wow we also have clan books in here. It's so old and have enormous pages. And almost more than half is written in 漢文 or 國漢文混用(mixed script of korean(國文) and 漢字). So i can't even dare to read them lmao. It describes about the origin of surname, prominent ancestors' story, clan village, clan cemetary mountains and genealogy. We don't have diverse surname but not all Kims are same. There are Kimhae Kim clan, Gyeongju Kim clan, Naju Kim clan, Andong Kim clan... and each clan branches out into groups. And in there each people have their own generation number. like I'm 33rd descendant. And some family has the rule of putting particular letter to the name depends on the generation. Like every 32nd descendant of this clan's group should have Yeong*, 35th should have *Jae, blabla so complicated. Do chinese also have same custom and structure?🤔
白 is ranked 73rd common surname in China. Celebrities with this surname include Tang dynasty poet 白居易 Yuan dynasty playwright 白朴 modern Taiwanese writer 白先勇. Some from ethnic minorities Muslims, Jews, Manchus, Mongols adopted this surname as well.
@@pslaw ah so China also has 白 surname but looks like the distribution differs by regions. And still common surnames can be found easier. Since I lived in here for my whole life I saw several people that has my surname but never heard from China. And yeah even there are, I wouldn't notice cuz the pronunciation is totally different😂
@@deadpool113 Yes, China does have quite a lot of clan books. However, not all Chinese clan books are trustworthy. In particular, those from Far South China, places like Guangdong and Guangxi, were forged during the late Ming, Qing and Republican periods. The reason? Well, up until the early to mid Ming period, large swathes of lands in Far South China and Southwest China (Guangdong, Guangxi, Guizhou, Yunnan, parts of Sichuan, etc.) were still controlled by hereditary native chieftains known as Tusi (土司). They were a bit similar to the Daimyo in Japan or the feudal lords in Europe in that they dominated their own chiefdoms but they also had the obligation to report to the Chinese emperor and had to support the empire's cause with their soldiers in case of war or rebellion. Much of the populace who lived in those Tusi-controlled chiefdoms were indigenous peoples of Southern China speaking Tai-Kradai, Hmong-Mien, and other Non-Chinese southern languages. However, due to the frequent rebellions in the south, the Ming and the later Qing Dynasty deemed these Tusi kingdoms to be rather unruly and were a hotbed for rebellions, so the central authority decided to send armies to destroy them and bring their lands and people under the control of the central court. In the process many natives were massacred, and those who subdued were forced to adopt Sinitic traditions and costumes, including adopting Sinitic surnames and forging their clan books to link themselves to the famous Sinitic clans. However, thanks to modern genetics, it has been proven that the Cantonese have a rather high frequency of native Tai-Kradai genome and only have minor genetic contributions from Northern Chinese, hence proving that their clan books are mostly forged and fake.
@@weifan9533 thx for enlightening me. So that is the story of south china. Yet they claim to be the truest han chinese in the country. At least cantonese. I can see why Yunnan and Guangxi have many minorities. Han chinese has enormous population but looks like it's not just out of birthrate. They infec... merge others. History is repeated. Even it's an centuried history it reminds me of current chinese situation.
Please continue to keep our Chinese Culture alive which is good, especially for the Chinese Diaspora around the world where they have no chances to learn about Chinese Culture.
我是一位来自中国陕西西安的姓马的人，非常感谢Yeeven详尽的调查和这支精彩的video，让我第一次对自己姓氏的历史有了如此深刻的了解。Terima Kasih!
it's always joyful to watch your RUclips video
Really, interesting. My surname is Ma, my late parents originally from China. I am South African born
Fantastic source to trace our roots. Yeeven speaks so clear and well.love your research and well organised presentation. Keep up your excellent work👍🏻
Thanks Henry for your support 🤩😉
In Hmong/Miao, Ma surname is pronounced as Moua or Mua. There is a large Hmong population in Southern China, Northern Vietnam, United States of Anerica, Laos, and Thailand. I’m sure the Hmong people will be interested in learning about the history to their surnames.
I was looking for some surname related to Felipe (horses' friend) and I couldn't find any better.
Awesome video Yeeven, I hope there's more surname video like this in the future.
Sure, thanks a lot. What is your surname L Y Stripes?
@@FearlessPassport It's 罗 (Luō). I did a little research based on curiosity about my surname but probably you have more resources, accurate and valid data for that kinda information :)
In Malaysia, most of my ma surname friends are teochew.
👍👍👍 Many thanks for another well researched, informative and interesting vlog.
Much appreciation to you Sylvester for your continuous support :)
Wonderful video. Very informative, as always. Thank you
Thank you Victor for watching :) appreciate any video sharing to your friends & family 😉
Yes I will definitely share your videos 👍
Hi, I like your videos about the history, food and traditions. I was wondering if you can also cover the history of the various kapitans eg kapitan cina, kapitan arab ,etc. Thank you.
Hmm hopefully one day I can cover that, thanks for the suggestion!
Hi didnt see yr posting for sometime but here you are again! And a good one this on surname originality. I always wondered where all those surnames comes from. I do know mine derives from the Qin dynasty but how I got it - no idea - I only know my grandfather comes from China in the Fujian/Foochow province. But am very proud of it - Chin -. One day will really look into it! Thanks again.
Thanks Nicholas 😉 do you have your family or clan records? Maybe i can take a look and branch out some interesting topics :)
Another great video. I have used My China Roots and unfortunately my family records were destroyed in a flood but I do have the location of my grandfather’s village.
Wow as long you know the village name, My China Roots can help you to track down your ancestors too.. they are very reliable and give unexpected results.😉 rmb to use my code yeeven22 for 5% discount :)
More videos like this please
Thanks Brigitta for your support ✨😉
My surname is Ma my grandpa came from china and I live in Cuba
It's a remarkable research! Can't wait to see your video on the other surname as "Wang = Vuong (in Vietnamese". 非常感谢！
Kam oun (thanks in Vietnamese 😉)
Love your videos, would you consider doing one surname 伍 . It has a number 5 in it. Thanks 😀
Maybe in the future :) do you have family/clan records with you?
@@FearlessPassport Unfortunately I do not, not many at least to my knowledge of my relatives was looking at this deeply. I did some researched on my own some time back, it seems it all started with 伍子胥. Many people in China seems to know 伍子胥 but not overseas Chinese. The association of Dragon boat festival to Qu Yuan versus 伍子胥. There are many interesting stories to 伍子胥 in Chinese Opera eg. Whipping of the corpse of King Chu Kingdom, in Japan folktale etc. The surname 吳 seems to be more "popularly" used instead of 伍. Pls continue to do you great work. 🥰
@@wuga981 interesting story! That’s a good starter for the surname Wu. Thanks for sharing 😉
Nice. I read in somewhere that when Admiral Zheng He went to Africa, he invited 3 Masai chiefs to visit China. 2 of them stayed behind and their descendants adopted the family name of "Ma". Not sure if this is true but Emperor Yingle did invite a lot of foreign dignitaries to stay in China and a lot of them stayed there for a long time or decided to stay for good..Cheers
Good info 👍 thanks for sharing!
Zheng He himself, being born in Muslim communities, actually had surname 'Ma'.
@@kunderemp Yea that’s true 👍
I also had a friend with the surname Beh and he is very smart...
You can share this video to him 😂😂
Please more surnames, it's very interesting
Thanks!
讲的不错
correction at the 6:20 time . Only people who rebel against imperial authority will have all family members bearing their surname will be executed and not because of a change in dynasty or emperor
History surname meaning:
Ma = Mahmud/Horse/Mother
Origin from Central Asia (Persian or Uzbek) to China Dynasty at Silk Way Land use Horse).
Variations Surname similiar:
Mu ( 'Ki' in Japanese "Aoki,Kimura,Kuroki,Maki,Sasaki,Suzuki,Yuki),
Ma(Minamoto,Miyamoto,Iwamoto,
Mamoto,Mamoru),
In Chinese (Mu,Mo,Mao),
in Korean (Bae),
In indonesia (Mamu,
Mamusung,Mamuaya,Mamud,Mahmudi/Mahmudin,Mahfud)
In Turkey (Mehmed),
in western (Mamo,Mars,May,Matthew,Mark)
How about the surname Marr? Appreciate some feedback. Thanks for your Channel.
Depends on the Chinese characters. Most probably it is ‘horse’ too.
Please do one for Chen or Tan or Chan
Hopefully include the story of Ma He or later known as Zheng He
Umm.. no Zheng He inside 😂🙇
@Rizal Ngetop belum lagi ada peluang, wkwk bisa tahu apa tajuk yg ingin kamu lihat?
@Rizal Ngetop iya dulu Saya kerja di sana
@Rizal Ngetop di Buton ya, ada proyek aspal di sana.
My family 族譜is very complete all the way up to 太子晉😁，and there is still some relative back in China, of course no more contact , except my father still contact them
That’s very lucky of you. Where do your ancestors come from?
@@FearlessPassport let's guess: 太原堂😁
Next coba bahas negara2 amerika selatan/utara
Can you do a video for Wu?
I can try! Do you have any family or clan record?
Hello Yeeven, my surname is Feng, this is its traditional form 馮 and this is its simplified form 冯. Would there be any chance if you could research its origins?
Yes, do you have any family records/clan records with you to help my studies?
@@FearlessPassport unfortunately no…
@@lineyking no worries, can check the general one instead 😊 Let me check about it first :)
@@FearlessPassport
This is also my surname “Fong”- same chinese character.
My grandfather came to Sarawak from Guangnin, GuangDong, China.
Lionel Pang, are your ancestors also from Guangnin ?
I have a copy of my family tree from China. If you are from my same area I can share a copy with you through Yeeven.
@@sylvesterfong9275 interesting! Happy to bridge you both together :)
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Oh surname origin story this one is so interesting👍🏻 I've never heard of 馬 surname in Korea(Ma Dongseok's real surname is Lee) I think Chinese surname is more various than Korean ones. My surname is 白. Not much common in Korea as Kim, Lee, Park. When I travelled Malaysia I saw they were selling keychains of each surname. I searched all around the country but I couldn't find mine😂🥲
And wow we also have clan books in here. It's so old and have enormous pages. And almost more than half is written in 漢文 or 國漢文混用(mixed script of korean(國文) and 漢字). So i can't even dare to read them lmao. It describes about the origin of surname, prominent ancestors' story, clan village, clan cemetary mountains and genealogy. We don't have diverse surname but not all Kims are same. There are Kimhae Kim clan, Gyeongju Kim clan, Naju Kim clan, Andong Kim clan... and each clan branches out into groups. And in there each people have their own generation number. like I'm 33rd descendant. And some family has the rule of putting particular letter to the name depends on the generation. Like every 32nd descendant of this clan's group should have Yeong*, 35th should have *Jae, blabla so complicated. Do chinese also have same custom and structure?🤔
白 is ranked 73rd common surname in China. Celebrities with this surname include Tang dynasty poet 白居易 Yuan dynasty playwright 白朴 modern Taiwanese writer 白先勇. Some from ethnic minorities Muslims, Jews, Manchus, Mongols adopted this surname as well.
@@pslaw ah so China also has 白 surname but looks like the distribution differs by regions. And still common surnames can be found easier. Since I lived in here for my whole life I saw several people that has my surname but never heard from China. And yeah even there are, I wouldn't notice cuz the pronunciation is totally different😂
@@deadpool113 Yes, China does have quite a lot of clan books. However, not all Chinese clan books are trustworthy. In particular, those from Far South China, places like Guangdong and Guangxi, were forged during the late Ming, Qing and Republican periods. The reason? Well, up until the early to mid Ming period, large swathes of lands in Far South China and Southwest China (Guangdong, Guangxi, Guizhou, Yunnan, parts of Sichuan, etc.) were still controlled by hereditary native chieftains known as Tusi (土司). They were a bit similar to the Daimyo in Japan or the feudal lords in Europe in that they dominated their own chiefdoms but they also had the obligation to report to the Chinese emperor and had to support the empire's cause with their soldiers in case of war or rebellion. Much of the populace who lived in those Tusi-controlled chiefdoms were indigenous peoples of Southern China speaking Tai-Kradai, Hmong-Mien, and other Non-Chinese southern languages. However, due to the frequent rebellions in the south, the Ming and the later Qing Dynasty deemed these Tusi kingdoms to be rather unruly and were a hotbed for rebellions, so the central authority decided to send armies to destroy them and bring their lands and people under the control of the central court. In the process many natives were massacred, and those who subdued were forced to adopt Sinitic traditions and costumes, including adopting Sinitic surnames and forging their clan books to link themselves to the famous Sinitic clans. However, thanks to modern genetics, it has been proven that the Cantonese have a rather high frequency of native Tai-Kradai genome and only have minor genetic contributions from Northern Chinese, hence proving that their clan books are mostly forged and fake.
@@weifan9533 thx for enlightening me. So that is the story of south china. Yet they claim to be the truest han chinese in the country. At least cantonese. I can see why Yunnan and Guangxi have many minorities. Han chinese has enormous population but looks like it's not just out of birthrate. They infec... merge others. History is repeated. Even it's an centuried history it reminds me of current chinese situation.
my last name comes from one of the name of one of the kingdoms during the Spring and Autumn period that got swallowed up by their larger neighbors
What is your surname Thanh?
Lai
The most despised Ma was Lieutenant General Ma Bu Fang of KMT. He was also a rapist.
I wonder what the Indonesianized Ma surname is?
I’m not sure. Perhaps with a Ma in between with Javanese name 😉
I'm happy to say I have horse face. How do you say horse face in chinese?
Ma (2nd intonation) Lian (3rd intonation) 马脸 try Google translate to check on the pronunciation 😉
Great video. Always learn something new about Chinese culture.
Hi Ratna, we missed you! Thanks for watching 😊
thats my surname.. 😃👍
Do share this video to your families 😉
My Hui Muslim name's is Suleiman Ma😊
Wow 🤩🤩🤩
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Please continue to keep our Chinese Culture alive which is good, especially for the Chinese Diaspora around the world where they have no chances to learn about Chinese Culture.
Thanks Michael! Pls share this video to your friends and family 😊
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yee long ma
hi,😘😘😘😘
Ola Bom dia 🤩🤩
@@FearlessPassport como vai você?
Ok. Ma Jin Boo. 🤣
My surname also Ma (beh) , i'm from Indonesia
Is Marz your real romanised surname?
@@FearlessPassport yes..it is direct from Ma
Wajah saya juga 90% asian apakah saya seorang chinese??
Tidak semestinya, Asian ada banyak genetik. Hanya DNA test bisa memberi jawapan ttg asal usul pak 😉
Korean.
Chinese
Too many mas, not enough pas.
😂😂 hahaha
the root of names are only stories without proof, do not too serious.
Very nice research of last name thanks for yours care 👍
Thank you Yoon!