Mạc

Mạc (chữ Hán: 莫) is a Vietnamese surname. The name is transliterated as Mo in Chinese and Mua in Hmong language. It is also of Gaelic origin, meaning son, used as a prefix in many Irish and Scottish surnames e.g. MacDonald, and MacGregor.

Mac is the anglicised variation of the surname Mạc.

Distribution

As a surname, Mac is the 409th most common surname, in Great Britain, with 23,149 bearers. It is most common in the Aberdeen City council area, and Greater Manchester, where it is the 25th and 107th most common surname, in both counties having 3,268 bearers, respectively. Other concentrations include, the Western Isles, (13th,1,712), East Lothian, (63rd,1,698), the Glasgow City council area, (90th,3,188), County Down, (147th,1,686), East Sussex, (247th,1,646), Belfast, (266th,1,682), Berkshire, (383rd,1,696), South Yorkshire, (466th,1,626), Merseyside, (490th,1,624), and Greater London, (1,189th,1,730).

Notable people with the surname Mạc

Mạc Đĩnh Chi, Vietnamese scholar and official of the Trần dynasty (1272–1346)
Mạc Cửu, a Chinese adventurer who played a role in relations between Cambodia and the Nguyễn court
Mạc dynasty, ruled the northern provinces of Vietnam from 1527 until 1592
Mạc Đăng Dung, Vietnamese emperor and the founder of the Mạc dynasty (1483–1541)
Mạc Đăng Doanh, Vietnamese emperor and the second emperor of the Mạc dynasty (?–1540)
Mạc Hiến Tông, Vietnamese emperor and the third emperor of the Mạc dynasty (?–1546)
Mạc Tuyên Tông, Vietnamese emperor and the fourth emperor of the Mạc dynasty (?–1561)
Mạc Mậu Hợp, Vietnamese emperor and the fifth emperor of the Mạc dynasty (1560–1592)

Notable people with the surname Mac

Alison Mac, British actress
Bernie Mac, American comedian
Annie Mac, Irish DJ and presenter

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