How rare is the last name Chao?

11,067 people in the United States have the last name Chao, about 1 in 27,008. It ranks #3,183 of 156,621 last names in the 2020 Census, tied with 1 other.

last name

CHAO

#3,183

of 156,621 last names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
11,067
About
1 in 27,008
This common or more
53.3%
Who bears it

Of the 11,067 people with the last name Chao, 86.9% reported their origin as Asian or Pacific Islander, 5.7% as Hispanic or Latino and 3.7% as two or more races. These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Exactly as common as Chao

1 other last name also has 11,067 people.

#3,183 Coyne · 11,067

Either side of Chao

#3,181 Mortensen · 11,076#3,182 Lewandowski · 11,068#3,183 Coyne · 11,067#3,185 Ahn · 11,057

Spelled almost the same

8 last names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Chao, most common first.

#964 Cho · 35,679#1,977 Chau · 17,795#3,410 Cha · 10,248#8,228 Chai · 3,857#10,263 Chae · 2,988#14,424 Choo · 1,994#19,505 Chay · 1,386#36,342 Chio · 663

Also a first name

As a first name, Chao ranks #4,370 of 53,615, with 4,305 people. As a baby name it peaked in 1985, with 26 births. See Chao as a first name

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