Bo (Chinese surname) explained

Bo
Region:	China

Bo is a set of several Chinese family names, including Chinese: 薄, Chinese: 柏, Chinese: 波, Chinese: 伯, etc. Among these names, Chinese: 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 . None of the other characters pronounced are currently in the top 300 surnames in China, although surname Chinese: 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.

Chinese: 薄

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

Chinese: 柏

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

Chinese: 波

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

Chinese: 伯

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

Notes and References

1. "中国最新300大姓排名（2008 [Statistics on the number of citizens with each surname in China, based on records of National Identity Cards]." 2009-01-06. Accessed 20 Jun 2015.