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. 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 moth 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, major disciple of Confucius
- Min Gui, Ming dynasty Viceroy of Liangguang and Minister of War
- Min Kai, Ming dynasty Minister of Revenue
- Min Hongxue, Ming dynasty Minister of Personnel
- Min Mengde, Ming dynasty Minister of War
- Min Zhen, Qing dynasty painter
- Min Yide, Qing dynasty Taoist
- Min Erchang, poet and historian
- Min Ganghou, PRC Vice Minister of Justice
- Min Zhiting, chairman of the Chinese Taoist Association
- Min Enze, petrochemical engineer, member of the Chinese Academy of Sciences
- Min Naida, Chinese-German computer scientist
- Min Guirong, astrophysicist, member of the Chinese Academy of Sciences
- Min Naiben, physicist, member of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, brother of Min Naida
- Min Huifen, erhu master
- Min Xiao-Fen, Chinese-American pipa player, sister of Min Huifen
- Min Weifang, former vice president of Peking University
- Anchee Min or Min Anqi, Chinese-American author
- Min Lulei, basketball player and coach
- Min Chunfeng, female discus thrower
- Min Jin, football player
- Min Chunxiao, actress