Last Name CHAO

Summary/Contribute


Meaning Manage, exercise, operate. Encourage exhort. Omen, trillion.
Origin Chinese, Jewish, Spanish, Chilean, Portuguese

Rank 3,769 (2000 US census) 5,755 (1990 US census)
Count 8,633 (2000 US census)

Race / ethnic distribution

The 2000 US Census claims that
  • 4.87%, or 420 total occurrences, of those with this family name identified themselves as being white,
  • undisclosed % as black,
  • 86.23%, or 7444 total occurrences, as Asian and Pacific Islander,
  • undisclosed % as American Indian and Native Alaskan,
  • 2.92%, or 252 total occurrences, as two or more races, and
  • 5.79%, or 500 total occurrences, as Hispanic ethnic origin.


Ukrainian middle names

 Ukrainian middle names form the same way as Russian ones, except that for girls, the patronymic ending is '-ivna' rather than '-ovna' or '-evna.' Follow the Russian middle names link to get any additional information.

Longest baby names

 The longest first name, consisting of 12 characters, from the baby names reported since the year 1880 in the United States is Francisquita.

There are three names consisting of 11 characters: Christopher, Margueritta, and Margueritte

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