Bo (Chinese surname)

Bo is a set of several Chinese family names, including 薄 Bó, 柏 Bó/Bǎi, 波 Bō, 伯 Bó, etc. Among these names, 柏 is the 213th most common surname in China at present, shared by at least 430,000 Chinese citizens,^[1] although when used as a surname it is generally pronounced Bai. None of the other characters pronounced Bo are currently in the top 300 surnames in China,^[when?] although surname 薄 is the 271st surname in the Hundred Family Surnames and is quite well known due to it being the family name of high-profile politicians Bo Xilai and his father Bo Yibo.

Notable people named Bo

According to a 2013 study, 薄 was the 337th most common surname, being shared by 140,000 people or 0.011% of the population, with the province with the most people having the name being Shandong.

薄 Bó

• Empress Dowager Bo (died 155 BC) of the Han dynasty
• Empress Bo (died 147 BC) of the Han dynasty
• Bo Yibo (薄一波;1908 – 2007), Chinese communist politician
• Bo Xilai (simplified Chinese: 薄熙来; traditional Chinese: 薄熙來; born 1949), son to Bo Yibo, former CPC Chongqing Committee Secretary
• Bo Bing (薄冰;1921 – 2013), Chinese English grammar academic

柏 Bó

• Bo Yang, penname of Guō Dìngshēng (郭定生), a writer in Taiwan

波 Bō

• Bo Cai, a minor leader of the Yellow Turban Rebellion in the Han dynasty

伯 Bó

• Bo Pi, treacherous official of Wu (state) during the late Spring and Autumn Period

References

Surname list

This page lists people with the surname Bo.
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This page was last edited on 19 August 2023, at 19:35