How common is the last name Zhao?

38,974 people in the United States have the last name Zhao, about 1 in 7,669. It ranks #877 of 156,621 last names in the 2020 Census.

last name

ZHAO

#877

of 156,621 last names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
38,974
About
1 in 7,669
This common or more
38.2%
Who bears it

Of the 38,974 people with the last name Zhao, 96.6% 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 Zhao

#875 Mays · 39,073#876 Pierre · 39,005#878 Donovan · 38,902#879 Hickman · 38,795

Spelled almost the same

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

#15,866 Zhuo · 1,768#16,180 Zhai · 1,731#54,078 Zha · 412

Also a first name

As a first name, Zhao ranks #9,373 of 53,615, with 1,485 people. See Zhao as a first name

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