Chinese compound surname is an uncommon Chinese surname using more than one character. Many of these surnames originated from government official titles. Some are originated from non-Han ethnic groups. Only a few of these names survive to modern days. A small minority of Koreans also have such surnames (see also Korean name).
Example of some compound surnames
- Bo-Li (百里)
- Dong-Fang (東方)
- Du-Gu (獨孤)
- Duan-Mu (端木)
- Gong-Sun (公孫)
- Gu-Liang (穀梁)
- He-Lan (賀蘭)
- He-Lian (赫連)
- He-Ruo (賀若)
- Hu-Yan (呼延)
- Mo-Qi (万俟) A comp. Tungusic (鮮卑) surname; transliteration not in Mandarin.
- Mu-Rong (慕容)
- Ouyang (歐陽)
- Sha-Zha (沙吒) a Turkic surname
- Shang-Guan (上官)
- Si-Tu (司徒) "Public Administrator"
- Si-Ma (司馬) "Military Commander", e.g. Sima Qian
- Si-Kong (司空) "Minister of Constructions"
- Yu-Chi (尉遲)
- Zhu-Ge (諸葛) e.g. Zhuge Liang
- Zhu-Rong (祝融)
- Zuo-Ren (左人)
