Migration and Distribution (Lack of information) The Man surname is not listed among the top 100 surnames in the Mainland and Taiwan. The Man surname originated from the Gui surname. In the early days of the Zhou Dynasty, there was a descendant of Emperor Shun named Gui Man, who was enfeoffed in the State of Chen. Among Gui Man's descendants, there were those who took his name as their surname, and they were called the Man clan. The prestigious families of the Man surname lived in Shanyang (40 li northwest of today's Jin County, Shandong) and Hedong (north of today's Xia County, Shanxi).