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马 Ma — a top-40 surname
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| Pinyin | Ma |
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| Strokes | 3 |
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| Commonness | a top-40 surname |
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| Type | single-character |
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| Theme | Strength |
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Where the surname comes from
A surname meaning 'horse', with a strong presence in Islamic and Hui communities.
Theme basis：马 = horse
Why it scores this way
Easy to say96
Reads the way it looks for an English speaker — no sounds English doesn't have.
Recognised in China92
A very common surname (roughly the top 40 in China).
Easy to write100
3 strokes — one of the simpler surnames to write and sign.
People who carried this name
- Ma Yuan — Eastern Han general (14 BC–49 AD) who expanded Chinese influence into the south.
- Ma Zhiyuan — Famed Yuan dynasty dramatist and poet, one of the Four Great Masters of Yuan opera, best known for the sanqu piece 'Autumn Thoughts'.
- Ma Lianliang — Celebrated Beijing opera actor, a leading laosheng performer in the 20th century, praised for his smooth singing and expressive acting.
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