Chinese surname · rank 484
拉
拉 is read as lā.
lā
Simplified and traditional 拉
pull, drag; seize, hold; lengthen
Earth
Time: Song textual or Bai Jia Xing layer, 960-1279 CE
Place: Yunnan / Northwest Hui surname-formation contexts, including Sayyid Ajall family lines and Nasulading descendants; later Gansu, Shaanxi and Ningxia distribution contexts treated separately.
Origin note
La/拉 is treated as an ethnic name-element surname, not the ordinary verb pull. The checked sources place it among Hui surname-formation traditions: one line derives La from the descendants of Nasulading, with Na, Su, La and Ding as surname elements; another derives La from the personal name Ebulaxin / Ibrahim. These are recorded as Hui name-element layers, not as a classic Song Baijiaxing surname.
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