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The Chinese family name Mo (莫) is pronounced in Mandarin as "Mò" (4th tone), in Cantonese as "Mok6" (6th tone), in Hmong as "Moua", "Mua", or "Muas"and in Vietnamese as "Mạc". The surname is often romanized as Mok where Cantonese speakers are prominent. According to a study of Mu Ying's Name record, the surname came to be when descendants of the antediluvian ruler Zhuanxu abbreviated the name of his city, Moyangcheng (莫陽城; in modern day Pingxiang County, Hebei) and took it as their surname.
As Chinese family names go, Mo is relatively rare, ranked 168th in the Hundred Family Surnames. In 2004, there were an estimated 73,000 people with the surname of Mo abroad and 15,400,000 Mo's in China.
When not used as a surname, 'Mo' (莫) means 'do not'.
Famous people surnamed 莫 [link]
Artists [link]
- Max Mok Siu-Chung (莫少聰), Hong Kong actor
- Hoyan Mok (莫可欣), Winner of Miss Hong Kong Pageant (1993)
- Warren Mok (莫華倫), Hong Kong tenor
Business [link]
- Charles Mok (莫乃光), early Internet entrepreneur and ICT advocate in Hong Kong
- Andres A. Mok, Internet entrepreneur and co-founder of Cribs4students.com
Production [link]
- Ken Mok, Executive Producer of ANTM
- May Mok (莫美華), Sound (editor, mixer, designer, effects editor) and adr recordist
- Mok TzeMing, New Zealand Writers
Politics [link]
- Mạc Đăng Dung (莫登庸), the founder of the Mạc Dynasty, Vietnam
- Mo Xuanqing (莫宣卿), the youngest Number One Scholar (in the imperial examination) in Chinese history
- Mo Yueding (莫月鼎), Shenxiao Taoist Sect, in Song Dynasty and Yuan Dynasty
- Mo Teh-hui (莫德惠), Minister of Agricultural and Business (Republic of China)
- Ta Mok, Khmer Rouge South-Western Zone commander
- Mee Moua, Hmong American Politician from Minnesota
Sports [link]
- Mo Huilan (莫慧兰), Chinese gymnast Silver Medal, 1996 Olympic Games (Atlanta)
- Bill Mok (莫國城), Executive Committee Member of World Karate Federation (WKF); Secretary General of Asian Karatedo Federation (AKF); Director of Japan Karatedo Seigokan.
See also [link]
References [link]
- Citation: Mok, Norman (2004). "History of the Mok Surname" (https://www2.normie.org:81/chineseroots/Mok/MokHistory.php). Retrieved Apr. 6, 2006.
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Mok (disambiguation)
Mok may refer to:
MOK
Tarkan Karaalioğlu (born 21 September 1976), better known as MOK, is a German rapper of Turkish descent. His name "MOK" means "Muzik oder Knast" ("Muzic or jail"). It was awarded to him by Berlin hip hopper Maxim. He is a member of rap crew Die Sekte. He got his own label at Sony BMG called Yo!Musix.
MOK is well known for his controversies with other German rappers, including Bushido, Kool Savas, and Farid Bang. During his career he released many diss tracks, but they did not receive much attention, so the others did not respond.
Biography
Early life
He was born in Berlin-Neukölln. MOK later joined the crew NHS. In 1994 he met the group Berlin Crime and he became a member of the crew. 1995 he left the crew and started again with graffiti.
His first rap tries were with ASEK of Kaosloge. At that time he met Mach One of Bassboxxx. MOK, Mach One and Tony D decide to record a track together and they formed the group "Die Echten".
Prison
On 12 September 2002, while recording his first album Neuköln Hustler, MOK was arrested by the Berlin police for gang activities and carrying a gun. Three months later he was transferred to Bavaria, where he waited eighteen months for his trial. He was sentenced to five years and six months. He was first held in the JVA Tegel in Berlin, but with the help of Aggro Berlin he was transferred to the open prison in Berlin-Plötzensee.
