How common is the last name Gao?

21,908 people in the United States have the last name Gao, about 1 in 13,643. It ranks #1,596 of 156,621 last names in the 2020 Census.

last name

GAO

#1,596

of 156,621 last names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
21,908
About
1 in 13,643
This common or more
45.1%
Who bears it

Of the 21,908 people with the last name Gao, 96.4% reported their origin as Asian or Pacific Islander and 2.2% as White. These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Either side of Gao

#1,594 Rodriquez · 21,973#1,595 Otto · 21,938#1,597 Neff · 21,891#1,598 Aldridge · 21,882

Spelled almost the same

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

#1,153 Gay · 29,878#16,050 Gaw · 1,745#20,243 Gau · 1,329#36,294 Gai · 664#72,902 Gaa · 287#84,231 Ga · 240#87,019 Gayo · 230#153,590 Gaio · 104

Also a first name

As a first name, Gao ranks #17,018 of 53,615, with 655 people. As a baby name it peaked in 1989, with 32 births. See Gao as a first name

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