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Tao (surname)

Tao (surname)

Tao is the pinyin romanization of the Chinese surname 陶 (Táo). It ranked 31st among the Song-era Hundred Family Surnames.

Tào is also a Vietnamese surname derived from the Chinese surname Cao (Chữ Nôm: 曹).

Origin

Various Chinese Tao family from;

  • Qi (surname) (祁)

  • Public Officer of Zhou Dynasty

  • Miao people

  • Tujia people, Blang people, Yao people, Yi people, Dai people of Minority Group

  • Mongolian

  • Tuoheluo, Tuqin, Tuokuer family of Liaoning

  • Xibe people

Romanization

Tao was romanized T'ao under the Wade-Giles system, although it was common to omit the apostrophe. It is romanized To, Tou and Tow in Cantonese; Tô in Minnan; Tau, Tow in Teochew; and Tháu in Gan.

The Vietnamese surname formerly written as 陶 in Chữ Nôm is now written Đào; the Korean surname formerly written as 陶 in Hanja is now written 도 and romanized Do; the same surname in Kanji is romanized Tō in Japanese.

Distribution

Tao was the 82nd-most-common surname in mainland China, but it was unlisted among the 100 most common Taiwanese surnames.

Tao is a fairly uncommon surname in the United States, being ranked 12,503rd during the 1990 census and 10,033rd during the year 2000 one.[1]

History

Some Zhejiangese Tao who joined the White Banner upon the advent of the Qing dynasty Manchufied their name to Tohoro (Chinese: Tuohuoluo).[2]

People with the surname

Tao

  • David Tao or Tao Zhe, singer

  • Tao Kan, Jin Dynasty general and governor

  • Tao Luna, sports shooter

  • Michael Tao, television actor

  • Tao Qian, warlord during the late Han Dynasty

  • Tao Yuanming, scholar and poet of the Jin dynasty

  • Tao Siju, politician

  • Terence Tao, Australian mathematician and 2006 Fields Medalist

  • Tao Yang, Professor at UCSB and Chief Scientist at Ask Jeeves

  • Tao Zhu, politician

  • Tao Hongkai, Chinese-American scholar, activist.

Tohoro

  • Duanfang, a Qing-era politician

People with the Japanese surname

  • Katsushi Tao (田尾 克史, born 1963), Japanese ski jumper

  • Yasushi Tao (田尾 安志, born 1954), Japanese baseball player

References

[1]
Citation Linkwww.pbs.orgUS Census Bureau. Op. cit. Public Broadcasting Service. "How Popular Is Your Last Name?" Accessed 6 Apr 2012.
Sep 26, 2019, 5:25 PM
[2]
Citation Linkbooks.google.comEdward J. M. Rhoads (2001). Manchus & Han: ethnic relations and political power in late Qing and early republican China, 1861-1928 (reprint, illustrated ed.). University of Washington Press. p. 55. ISBN 0-295-98040-0. Retrieved March 2, 2012.
Sep 26, 2019, 5:25 PM
[3]
Citation Linkwww.pbs.orgHow Popular Is Your Last Name?
Sep 26, 2019, 5:25 PM
[4]
Citation Linkbooks.google.comManchus & Han: ethnic relations and political power in late Qing and early republican China, 1861-1928
Sep 26, 2019, 5:25 PM
[5]
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