Ma surname is a multi-ethnic and multi-source surname, which originated in the Warring States period. Its ancestor is Zhao She, and the earliest birthplace of Ma's surname is in Handan, Hebei. With the continuous development of the times and the continuous migration of human beings, the surname Ma has now become a major surname in all parts of the country.

Historical celebrities of horses:

1, Ma Yuan: (14-49 years ago) When Emperor Guangwu of Han Dynasty was a general, he was called "General Ma" in the world.

2. Ma Rong: (79— 166), a scholar of the Eastern Han Dynasty.

3. Ma Teng: One of the warlords in the Three Kingdoms period, the father of Ma Chao, Ma Tie and Matthew.

4. Ma Chao: (176—222), son of General Ma Teng of Zheng Dong, is one of the commanders in Shu and Han Dynasties.

5. Ma Su: During the Three Kingdoms period, Zhuge Liang, a general of Shu and Han Dynasties, was killed because he lost his street pavilion.

6. Ma Jun: (Also known as Ma Jun) During the Three Kingdoms period, the inventor Cao Wei once invented the waterwheel and compass, which was known as "the cleverness of the world".

7. Horse: Eunuch in the Middle Tang Dynasty.

Distribution of horse surname

Horses began to move in the south of Hebei, immigrated to Shaanxi in the early Qin Dynasty, and developed in Xingping, Shaanxi. In the Eastern Han Dynasty, Ma crossed Wuling Mountain and entered Guizhou from Hunan. By the Northern and Southern Dynasties, Ma's surname had been distributed in the vast areas north and southwest of the Yangtze River. During the Tang and Song Dynasties, horses entered Fujian and Guangdong from Henan and Jiangxi, and entered Taiwan Province Province in the early Qing Dynasty.

During the Song Dynasty, there were about 620,000 people surnamed Ma, accounting for 0.8% of the national population, ranking 25th. Shandong is the province with the most Ma surnames, accounting for 14.8% of the total population of Ma surnames. The distribution in China is mainly concentrated in Shandong, Shanxi, Henan and Hebei, which account for about 52. 1% of the total population. Secondly, it is distributed in Shaanxi, Sichuan and Jiangxi. The surnames of Ma in these three provinces account for about 22.4% of the total population of Ma. The Yellow River Basin and Jiangxi are two major areas where Ma's surname is concentrated.

During the Ming Dynasty, Shandong was still the largest province with the surname of Ma, accounting for 15.6% of the population of Ma in China. Mainly distributed in Shandong, Zhejiang, Hebei and Jiangsu, these four provinces account for about 48.2% of the total population of Malaysia; Secondly, it is distributed in Shaanxi, Shanxi and Henan provinces, accounting for about 23.8% of the total population of Malaysia. The Yellow River Basin is still the main gathering area in China, but another large population gathering center named Ma has re-formed in Jiangsu and Zhejiang provinces in the southeast.