Min (surname)

Min is the Mandarin pinyin and Wade–Giles romanization of the Chinese surname written in simplified Chinese and in traditional Chinese. It is romanized Man in Cantonese. It is also romanized as Mẫn in Vietnamese. Min is listed 132nd in the Song dynasty classic text Hundred Family Surnames. As of 2008, it is the 193rd most common surname in China, shared by 520,000 people. In 2013 it was the 224 the most common, with around 4.3 million people sharing the name, accounting for 0.032% of the total population, with the province with the most people sharing the name being Hubei.

Notable people

• Min Sun (536–487 BC), major disciple of Confucius
• Min Gui (; 1430–1511), Ming dynasty Viceroy of Liangguang and Minister of War
• Min Kai (; 16th century), Ming dynasty Minister of Revenue
• Min Hongxue (; 16th–17th century), Ming dynasty Minister of Personnel
• Min Mengde (; 1565–1628), Ming dynasty Minister of War
• Min Zhen (1730–?), Qing dynasty painter
• Min Yide (; 1758–1836), Qing dynasty Taoist
• Min Erchang (; 1872–1948), poet and historian
• Min Ganghou (; 1904–1971), PRC Vice Minister of Justice
• Min Zhiting (; 1924–2004), chairman of the Chinese Taoist Association
• Min Enze (1924–2016), petrochemical engineer, member of the Chinese Academy of Sciences
• Min Naida (; 1911–2001), Chinese-German computer scientist
• Min Guirong (; 1933–2021), astrophysicist, member of the Chinese Academy of Sciences
• Min Naiben (1935–2018), physicist, member of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, brother of Min Naida
• Min Huifen (1945–2014), erhu master
• Min Xiao-Fen, Chinese-American pipa player, sister of Min Huifen
• Min Weifang (; born 1950), former vice president of Peking University
• Anchee Min or Min Anqi (born 1957), Chinese-American author
• Min Lulei (; born 1963), basketball player and coach
• Min Chunfeng (born 1969), female discus thrower
• Min Jin (born 1978), football player
• Min Chunxiao (; born 1983), actress

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