Dao Surname
Approximately 835,374 people bear this surname
Dao Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Vietnam | 593,679 | 1:156 | 26 |
| Mali | 97,834 | 1:173 | 32 |
| Burkina Faso | 74,123 | 1:248 | 37 |
| Ivory Coast | 27,803 | 1:830 | 89 |
| United States | 12,287 | 1:29,499 | 3,661 |
| Togo | 5,985 | 1:1,211 | 111 |
| India | 3,969 | 1:193,264 | 11,673 |
| Thailand | 3,394 | 1:20,813 | 1,767 |
| Indonesia | 2,108 | 1:62,737 | 6,849 |
| France | 1,923 | 1:34,541 | 4,212 |
| Philippines | 1,621 | 1:62,454 | 10,582 |
| China | 1,237 | 1:1,105,353 | 302 |
| Canada | 1,158 | 1:31,818 | 4,135 |
| Australia | 971 | 1:27,802 | 3,781 |
| Liberia | 641 | 1:6,878 | 812 |
| Cambodia | 588 | 1:26,339 | 1,439 |
| Chad | 385 | 1:35,304 | 4,109 |
| Germany | 316 | 1:254,764 | 27,480 |
| Taiwan | 277 | 1:84,638 | 855 |
| Solomon Islands | 271 | 1:2,140 | 179 |
| England | 268 | 1:207,903 | 17,929 |
| Benin | 247 | 1:41,845 | 5,373 |
| Venezuela | 240 | 1:125,850 | 4,170 |
| Papua New Guinea | 232 | 1:35,145 | 4,169 |
| Morocco | 204 | 1:169,000 | 29,345 |
| Italy | 200 | 1:305,783 | 38,187 |
| Japan | 196 | 1:652,267 | 16,465 |
| Russia | 173 | 1:833,081 | 67,653 |
| Switzerland | 171 | 1:48,029 | 6,455 |
| Brazil | 167 | 1:1,281,882 | 43,935 |
| Iran | 164 | 1:468,186 | 28,471 |
| Sweden | 160 | 1:61,542 | 4,713 |
| United Arab Emirates | 157 | 1:58,358 | 5,656 |
| Singapore | 146 | 1:37,724 | 1,403 |
| Niger | 138 | 1:139,073 | 5,211 |
| Ukraine | 138 | 1:329,875 | 41,364 |
| Afghanistan | 129 | 1:249,249 | 4,253 |
| Pakistan | 122 | 1:1,464,294 | 16,074 |
| Argentina | 116 | 1:368,478 | 28,618 |
| Malaysia | 102 | 1:289,159 | 15,911 |
| Hong Kong | 98 | 1:74,852 | 1,406 |
| Netherlands | 93 | 1:181,583 | 25,939 |
| Norway | 87 | 1:59,107 | 8,442 |
| Denmark | 69 | 1:81,807 | 7,949 |
| Botswana | 66 | 1:33,135 | 6,513 |
| Nigeria | 66 | 1:2,683,981 | 86,518 |
| Dominican Republic | 62 | 1:168,273 | 6,481 |
| Belgium | 61 | 1:188,470 | 25,041 |
| DR Congo | 55 | 1:1,343,265 | 79,223 |
| Czechia | 52 | 1:204,490 | 29,445 |
| New Zealand | 51 | 1:88,791 | 12,412 |
| Guinea | 50 | 1:236,676 | 1,026 |
| South Sudan | 49 | 1:232,961 | 594 |
| Senegal | 46 | 1:316,942 | 1,708 |
| Romania | 41 | 1:489,704 | 37,604 |
| Portugal | 38 | 1:274,164 | 10,086 |
| New Caledonia | 36 | 1:7,673 | 1,760 |
| Uganda | 35 | 1:1,115,408 | 46,348 |
| Qatar | 31 | 1:76,064 | 7,685 |
| Mauritania | 21 | 1:194,993 | 9,876 |
| Finland | 20 | 1:274,835 | 20,939 |
| Cameroon | 16 | 1:1,298,067 | 76,941 |
| South Korea | 16 | 1:3,202,516 | 604 |
| Spain | 16 | 1:2,922,002 | 63,384 |
| Peru | 13 | 1:2,444,933 | 27,186 |
| Myanmar | 9 | 1:5,770,887 | 975 |
| Slovakia | 9 | 1:592,939 | 64,129 |
| Tunisia | 9 | 1:67,847 | 8,246 |
| Hungary | 8 | 1:1,227,035 | 53,030 |
| Ireland | 6 | 1:784,823 | 16,062 |
| Belarus | 6 | 1:1,583,510 | 89,472 |
| Tanzania | 6 | 1:8,823,602 | 72,091 |
| Uruguay | 6 | 1:571,960 | 26,877 |
| Congo | 5 | 1:997,819 | 17,129 |
| Austria | 4 | 1:2,128,859 | 91,203 |
| Egypt | 4 | 1:22,983,938 | 62,368 |
| French Polynesia | 4 | 1:70,201 | 4,444 |
| Gabon | 4 | 1:472,298 | 3,618 |
| Macau | 4 | 1:150,408 | 604 |
| Saudi Arabia | 4 | 1:7,713,954 | 37,548 |
| Sierra Leone | 4 | 1:1,772,408 | 958 |
| Colombia | 3 | 1:15,924,691 | 28,711 |
| Kazakhstan | 3 | 1:5,894,165 | 166,702 |
| Scotland | 3 | 1:1,784,606 | 41,943 |
| Algeria | 2 | 1:19,315,776 | 97,017 |
| Armenia | 2 | 1:1,465,090 | 16,492 |
| Chile | 2 | 1:8,808,237 | 65,417 |
| Kenya | 2 | 1:23,089,950 | 83,168 |
| Mexico | 2 | 1:62,063,102 | 83,384 |
| Moldova | 2 | 1:1,780,684 | 55,103 |
| Nepal | 2 | 1:14,240,478 | 17,812 |
| Turkey | 2 | 1:38,910,711 | 171,901 |
| Azerbaijan | 1 | 1:9,649,122 | 47,873 |
| Bhutan | 1 | 1:616,039 | 1,715 |
| Brunei | 1 | 1:418,731 | 3,893 |
| Bulgaria | 1 | 1:6,978,905 | 86,260 |
| Central African Republic | 1 | 1:4,515,390 | 1,196 |
| Costa Rica | 1 | 1:4,780,069 | 13,345 |
| Cyprus | 1 | 1:884,876 | 13,055 |
| Ecuador | 1 | 1:15,905,846 | 50,210 |
| El Salvador | 1 | 1:6,343,888 | 8,415 |
| Eritrea | 1 | 1:4,751,901 | 911 |
| Ghana | 1 | 1:27,020,692 | 23,742 |
| Haiti | 1 | 1:10,683,907 | 24,607 |
| Iraq | 1 | 1:35,021,654 | 31,813 |
| Israel | 1 | 1:8,557,634 | 182,558 |
| Jordan | 1 | 1:8,842,437 | 26,010 |
| Kyrgyzstan | 1 | 1:5,972,654 | 99,197 |
| Laos | 1 | 1:6,588,323 | 1,961 |
| Lebanon | 1 | 1:5,637,083 | 32,436 |
| Libya | 1 | 1:6,243,974 | 6,186 |
| Lithuania | 1 | 1:3,034,588 | 47,401 |
| Madagascar | 1 | 1:23,649,837 | 9,420 |
| Monaco | 1 | 1:37,066 | 4,748 |
| Poland | 1 | 1:38,008,749 | 231,653 |
| Puerto Rico | 1 | 1:3,550,139 | 9,109 |
| Slovenia | 1 | 1:2,487,675 | 31,128 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
| Suriname | 1 | 1:552,616 | 9,664 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 1 | 1:1,363,975 | 22,013 |
| Wales | 1 | 1:3,094,532 | 44,023 |
The alternate forms: Dào (13) are calculated separately.
Dao (248,757) may also be a first name.
Dao Demographics
Average Male Dao Height
172.31 cm
Average Female Dao Height
158 cm
Sample is predominantly from Anglosphere countries
Dao Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Dao Come From? nationality or country of origin
Dao (Arabic: دعو, Bengali: দও, Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺩﺍﻭ, Hindi: डॉ़, Oriya: ଦାଓ, Russian: Дао) is most common in Vietnam. It can also appear in the variant forms: Dào. Click here to see other possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Dao? popularity and diffusion
The surname Dao is the 651st most frequently used family name globally, borne by approximately 1 in 8,724 people. This surname occurs mostly in Asia, where 73 percent of Dao live; 72 percent live in Southeast Asia and 71 percent live in Viet-Asia. It is also the 4,231st most commonly occurring first name worldwide, held by 248,757 people.
It is most commonly used in Vietnam, where it is held by 593,679 people, or 1 in 156. In Vietnam it is most numerous in: Red River Delta, where 37 percent are found, Southeast, where 15 percent are found and Northeast, where 11 percent are found. Barring Vietnam Dao exists in 120 countries. It also occurs in Mali, where 12 percent are found and Burkina Faso, where 9 percent are found.
Dao Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those carrying the surname is primarily Orthodox (63%) in Russia and Orthodox (75%) in Ukraine.
In The United States those holding the Dao surname are 0.85% more likely to be registered Democrats than The US average, with 54.08% registered to vote for the political party.
The amount Dao earn in different countries varies greatly. In Norway they earn 30.12% less than the national average, earning 241,837 kr per year; in Vietnam they earn 35.49% more than the national average, earning 111,698,000 ₫ per year; in United States they earn 12.18% more than the national average, earning $48,406 USD per year and in Canada they earn 2.94% more than the national average, earning $51,143 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Dao Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Dao in the Bengali language | ||
| দও | da'o | 99.73 |
| Dao in the Oriya language | ||
| ଦାଓ | da'o | 84.21 |
| େଦଓ | eda'o | 10.53 |
| ଦଓ | da'o | 5.26 |
| Dao in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﺩﺍﻭ | daw | 80 |
| ﺍﻟﺪﺍﻭ | aldaw | 10 |
| ﺇﻧﺪﻭ | andw | 10 |
| Dao in the Hindi language | ||
| डॉ़ | do | 53.41 |
| डॉ | do | 43.75 |
| डाॉ | dao | 0.57 |
| Dao in the Russian language | ||
| Дао | dao | - |
| Dao in the Arabic language | ||
| دعو | dw | - |
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Dao Reference & Research
Daou Family (Levant) FamilyTree DNA Group - A group collating DNA test results for those who bear the surname, includes results of DNA tests and discussions.
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Footnotes
- Surnames are taken as the first part of an person's inherited family name, caste, clan name or in some cases patronymic
- Name distribution statistics are generated from a global database of over 4 billion people - more information
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- Ethnic group cannot necessarily be determined by geographic occurrence
- Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Dao
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