Bo is a set of several

Chinese family name Chinese surnames are used by Han Chinese and Sinicized ethnic groups in China, Taiwan, Korea, Vietnam, and among overseas Chinese communities around the world such as Singapore and Malaysia. Written Chinese names begin with surnames, unlike the ...

s, including , , , , etc. Among these names, is the 213th most common surname in China at present, shared by at least 430,000 Chinese citizens,中国最新300大姓排名（2008
tatistics on the number of citizens with each surname in China, based on records of National Identity Cards" 2009-01-06. Accessed 20 Jun 2015. 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 is the 271st surname in the

Hundred Family Surnames The ''Hundred Family Surnames'' (), commonly known as ''Bai Jia Xing'', also translated as ''Hundreds of Chinese Surnames'', is a classic Chinese text composed of common Chinese surnames. An unknown author compiled the book during the Song dy ...

and is quite well known due to it being the family name of high-profile politicians

Bo Xilai Bo Xilai (; born 3 July 1949) is a Chinese former politician who was convicted on bribery and embezzlement charges. He came to prominence through his tenures as Mayor of Dalian and then the governor of Liaoning. From 2004 to November 2007, h ...

and his father

Bo Yibo Bo Yibo (; 17 February 1908 – 15 January 2007) was a Chinese politician. He was one of the most senior political figures in China during the 1980s and 1990s. After joining the Chinese Communist Party when he was 17, he worked as a Communist P ...

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.

Empress Dowager Bo Empress Dowager Bo (薄太后) was an imperial concubine of Emperor Gaozu of Han (Liu Bang). She was also known as Consort Bo (薄姬) during the life of the Emperor, and more formally as either Empress Dowager Xiaowen (孝文太后) or (rarer) Em ...

(died 155 BC) of the

Han dynasty The Han dynasty (, ; ) was an Dynasties in Chinese history, imperial dynasty of China (202 BC – 9 AD, 25–220 AD), established by Emperor Gaozu of Han, Liu Bang (Emperor Gao) and ruled by the House of Liu. The dynasty was preceded by th ...

* Empress Bo (died 147 BC) of the Han dynasty *

(;1908 – 2007), Chinese communist politician *

(; born 1949), son to Bo Yibo, former

CPC CPC may refer to: Organizations Companies * Canada Post Corporation, the primary postal operator in Canada * Caspian Pipeline Consortium, consortium and a pipeline to transport Caspian oil to Russia's Black Sea coast * Consolidated Pastoral Co ...

Chongqing Committee Secretary * Bo Bing (;1921 – 2013), Chinese English grammar academic

Bo Yang Bo Yang (; 7 March 1920 – 29 April 2008), sometimes also erroneously called Bai Yang, was a Chinese historian, novelist, philosopher, poet, and politician based in Taiwan. He is also regarded as a social critic. According to his own memoir, ...

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

* Bo Cai, a minor leader of the

Yellow Turban Rebellion The Yellow Turban Rebellion, alternatively translated as the Yellow Scarves Rebellion, was a peasant revolt in China against the Eastern Han dynasty. The uprising broke out in 184 CE during the reign of Emperor Ling. Although the main rebelli ...

in the Han dynasty

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