Quach (also spelled Quách) is a Vietnamese surname: Quách romanized in English: Quach. The name derives from the

Chinese surname 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 th ...

郭, which is pronounced Guō in Mandarin and ''Kwok'' or ''Gwok'' in

Cantonese Cantonese ( zh, t=廣東話, s=广东话, first=t, cy=Gwóngdūng wá) is a language within the Chinese (Sinitic) branch of the Sino-Tibetan languages originating from the city of Guangzhou (historically known as Canton) and its surrounding ar ...

. In Japanese, the surname Quach is: Kuoko, Kaku or Kuruwa (くるわ/ かく ) and in Korean: Gwak (곽).

History

Quach came from the surname Guo which is believed to have originated from ShanxiOrigin of the surname Guo, Kuo, Kuok, Kwok
/ref> province of China. Eventually it spread to Chaozhou, also known by its postal spelling of Teochew, a city in the eastern part of China's

Guangdong Guangdong (, ), alternatively romanized as Canton or Kwangtung, is a coastal province in South China on the north shore of the South China Sea. The capital of the province is Guangzhou. With a population of 126.01 million (as of 2020 ...

province. 30 percent of Chinese in Vietnam speak the Teochew dialect. Guo was translated into Quach when it arrived to Vietnam. Some people have moved to Malaysia, Thailand, Vietnam, and any southern asian countries.

General Quách Bốc

A subordinate of Bỉnh Di named Quách Bốc, just after being informed, led his army battering the Đại Thanh Gate of the citadel down to save his governor. Two brothers, Phạm Du and Phạm Kinh, killed both Bỉnh Di and his son and then escaped out of the citadel with Cao Tông.

Chinese

This surname is on the 146th place of the

Baijiaxing 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 ...

. According to one myth, the people with the surname of the descendants of Xia Yu: Guo Ai /郭哀and Guo Zhi /郭支.

Middle names

Quach kept a book of middle names, spelling out the descendants of the next several dozen generations. The first-born son would look up the name for his generation in the book and name his own first-born son accordingly. The book is in its 26th generation, having been disrupted at least four times since the book's legend by the dislocation of the son who was supposed to continue the naming tradition. There was a brief Vietnamese dynasty that carried the Quach name.

Notable individuals

Bao Quach Bao Quach (born September 4, 1979) is an American featherweight professional mixed martial artist who has fought for Bellator, Affliction, M-1 Global, EliteXC, Strikeforce, World Extreme Cagefighting, King of the Cage, and Shooto promotions. ...

, Vietnamese American mixed martial artist * Danh Quach (Quách Nhứt Danh) Businessman and one of the Pioneers of Orange County's Little Saigon * Helen Quach - Australian conductor * Quách Tĩnh son of Emperor Complaints Guo and Li Binh * Gwak Beop Gyeong 곽법경 郭法鏡

References

External links

www.yutopian.com/names
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