Mao Surname
Approximately 2,970,478 people bear this surname
Mao Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| China | 2,912,151 | 1:470 | 80 |
| Taiwan | 12,386 | 1:1,893 | 89 |
| Thailand | 7,210 | 1:9,797 | 544 |
| United States | 6,987 | 1:51,876 | 6,249 |
| Tanzania | 3,590 | 1:14,747 | 1,917 |
| Vietnam | 3,448 | 1:26,870 | 423 |
| Hong Kong | 3,261 | 1:2,249 | 162 |
| Myanmar | 3,222 | 1:16,120 | 370 |
| Singapore | 2,731 | 1:2,017 | 207 |
| Canada | 1,371 | 1:26,875 | 3,582 |
| Japan | 1,288 | 1:99,258 | 6,033 |
| France | 1,238 | 1:53,653 | 7,073 |
| Philippines | 1,178 | 1:85,941 | 14,933 |
| Australia | 837 | 1:32,253 | 4,275 |
| DR Congo | 807 | 1:91,548 | 10,387 |
| Ivory Coast | 802 | 1:28,767 | 1,989 |
| India | 770 | 1:996,189 | 42,103 |
| Spain | 745 | 1:62,754 | 5,674 |
| Cambodia | 503 | 1:30,790 | 1,537 |
| Macau | 468 | 1:1,286 | 173 |
| Egypt | 458 | 1:200,733 | 14,525 |
| Papua New Guinea | 416 | 1:19,600 | 2,020 |
| Indonesia | 407 | 1:324,937 | 28,485 |
| Italy | 402 | 1:152,131 | 23,714 |
| England | 381 | 1:146,242 | 14,079 |
| Morocco | 239 | 1:144,251 | 25,171 |
| Russia | 234 | 1:615,910 | 54,032 |
| Nigeria | 210 | 1:843,537 | 37,160 |
| Malaysia | 191 | 1:154,420 | 9,603 |
| Brazil | 190 | 1:1,126,707 | 39,309 |
| French Polynesia | 190 | 1:1,478 | 247 |
| Germany | 176 | 1:457,417 | 40,380 |
| Saudi Arabia | 159 | 1:194,062 | 29,524 |
| Argentina | 131 | 1:326,286 | 25,825 |
| New Zealand | 131 | 1:34,567 | 5,960 |
| United Arab Emirates | 119 | 1:76,994 | 7,015 |
| Cameroon | 115 | 1:180,601 | 19,028 |
| Solomon Islands | 107 | 1:5,421 | 743 |
| Sweden | 105 | 1:93,779 | 6,818 |
| Netherlands | 103 | 1:163,953 | 24,033 |
| Suriname | 77 | 1:7,177 | 1,738 |
| Dominican Republic | 69 | 1:151,202 | 5,897 |
| Kazakhstan | 63 | 1:280,675 | 23,957 |
| Pakistan | 61 | 1:2,928,588 | 24,004 |
| Portugal | 47 | 1:221,665 | 8,706 |
| Kuwait | 39 | 1:97,454 | 10,676 |
| Ethiopia | 36 | 1:2,709,618 | 8,935 |
| Uganda | 34 | 1:1,148,214 | 47,064 |
| Belgium | 33 | 1:348,383 | 38,592 |
| Latvia | 33 | 1:62,123 | 9,312 |
| South Africa | 27 | 1:2,006,582 | 90,678 |
| Denmark | 26 | 1:217,104 | 17,438 |
| Kenya | 26 | 1:1,776,150 | 35,982 |
| Mexico | 26 | 1:4,774,085 | 28,474 |
| American Samoa | 25 | 1:2,230 | 469 |
| Peru | 23 | 1:1,381,918 | 21,725 |
| Switzerland | 23 | 1:357,083 | 27,273 |
| South Korea | 18 | 1:2,846,681 | 560 |
| Belarus | 17 | 1:558,886 | 50,306 |
| Niger | 16 | 1:1,199,501 | 25,520 |
| Norway | 16 | 1:321,393 | 31,311 |
| Scotland | 16 | 1:334,614 | 15,044 |
| Sudan | 16 | 1:2,344,387 | 4,438 |
| Ukraine | 16 | 1:2,845,168 | 170,459 |
| Paraguay | 15 | 1:482,450 | 6,463 |
| Bulgaria | 10 | 1:697,890 | 27,590 |
| Bangladesh | 9 | 1:17,706,308 | 13,537 |
| Chad | 9 | 1:1,510,244 | 5,402 |
| Djibouti | 9 | 1:101,659 | 734 |
| Qatar | 9 | 1:262,000 | 30,726 |
| Afghanistan | 8 | 1:4,019,148 | 21,487 |
| Chile | 8 | 1:2,202,059 | 30,910 |
| Estonia | 8 | 1:165,226 | 26,217 |
| Guam | 8 | 1:20,015 | 3,029 |
| Ecuador | 7 | 1:2,272,264 | 23,377 |
| Liberia | 7 | 1:629,791 | 27,063 |
| Wales | 7 | 1:442,076 | 21,198 |
| Romania | 6 | 1:3,346,312 | 56,696 |
| Austria | 5 | 1:1,703,087 | 89,702 |
| Georgia | 5 | 1:749,109 | 21,598 |
| Moldova | 5 | 1:712,274 | 39,996 |
| Transnistria | 5 | 1:94,940 | 11,199 |
| Benin | 4 | 1:2,583,900 | 73,293 |
| New Caledonia | 4 | 1:69,056 | 6,678 |
| Rwanda | 4 | 1:2,841,244 | 3,611 |
| Tajikistan | 4 | 1:2,096,673 | 7,416 |
| Tonga | 4 | 1:26,828 | 461 |
| Tunisia | 4 | 1:152,656 | 17,743 |
| Turkmenistan | 4 | 1:1,372,278 | 6,164 |
| Uzbekistan | 4 | 1:7,732,286 | 43,643 |
| Colombia | 3 | 1:15,924,691 | 28,711 |
| Costa Rica | 3 | 1:1,593,356 | 8,177 |
| Finland | 3 | 1:1,832,234 | 57,803 |
| Jamaica | 3 | 1:956,649 | 10,513 |
| Czechia | 2 | 1:5,316,734 | 169,646 |
| Hungary | 2 | 1:4,908,138 | 64,617 |
| Iran | 2 | 1:38,391,262 | 236,033 |
| Poland | 2 | 1:19,004,374 | 199,659 |
| Venezuela | 2 | 1:15,102,038 | 69,873 |
| Yemen | 2 | 1:13,212,647 | 40,633 |
| Zambia | 2 | 1:7,924,961 | 45,994 |
| Ireland | 1 | 1:4,708,939 | 29,543 |
| Albania | 1 | 1:2,914,055 | 29,474 |
| Algeria | 1 | 1:38,631,551 | 130,422 |
| Andorra | 1 | 1:83,838 | 2,381 |
| Angola | 1 | 1:26,989,214 | 11,853 |
| Armenia | 1 | 1:2,930,180 | 22,770 |
| Bahrain | 1 | 1:1,348,608 | 10,432 |
| Belize | 1 | 1:355,474 | 3,977 |
| Bolivia | 1 | 1:10,616,434 | 17,077 |
| Botswana | 1 | 1:2,186,929 | 30,250 |
| Burkina Faso | 1 | 1:18,352,100 | 30,051 |
| Burundi | 1 | 1:9,804,852 | 2,349 |
| Cape Verde | 1 | 1:529,642 | 6,792 |
| Croatia | 1 | 1:4,228,604 | 99,289 |
| Cuba | 1 | 1:11,522,716 | 17,380 |
| East Timor | 1 | 1:1,215,928 | 507 |
| Gabon | 1 | 1:1,889,194 | 6,814 |
| Gambia | 1 | 1:1,923,451 | 1,043 |
| Greece | 1 | 1:11,079,790 | 145,225 |
| Iraq | 1 | 1:35,021,654 | 31,813 |
| Israel | 1 | 1:8,557,634 | 182,558 |
| Jordan | 1 | 1:8,842,437 | 26,010 |
| Laos | 1 | 1:6,588,323 | 1,961 |
| Luxembourg | 1 | 1:580,542 | 15,155 |
| North Macedonia | 1 | 1:2,101,472 | 31,546 |
| Madagascar | 1 | 1:23,649,837 | 9,420 |
| Malawi | 1 | 1:17,119,109 | 34,144 |
| Mauritania | 1 | 1:4,094,863 | 38,869 |
| Mauritius | 1 | 1:1,293,417 | 16,552 |
| Oman | 1 | 1:3,687,971 | 14,390 |
| Panama | 1 | 1:3,912,258 | 17,195 |
| Puerto Rico | 1 | 1:3,550,139 | 9,109 |
| Senegal | 1 | 1:14,579,342 | 11,705 |
| Serbia | 1 | 1:7,144,948 | 38,459 |
| Sierra Leone | 1 | 1:7,089,631 | 1,533 |
| Slovakia | 1 | 1:5,336,450 | 140,422 |
| Slovenia | 1 | 1:2,487,675 | 31,128 |
| Syria | 1 | 1:19,301,022 | 22,457 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 1 | 1:1,363,975 | 22,013 |
| Zimbabwe | 1 | 1:15,438,240 | 133,260 |
The alternate forms: Máo (2), Maô (2), Maó (1) & Mào (1) are calculated separately.
Mao (45,985) may also be a first name.
Mao Demographics
Average Mao Salary in
United States
$50,114 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Mao Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Mao Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Mao (Arabic: معو, Bengali: মাও, Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺍﻣﺎﻭﻩ, Hindi: माो, Marathi: माओ, Oriya: ମାଓ, Russian: Мао) is held by more people in China than any other country or territory. It can be found as: Máo, Maô, Maó or Mào. Click here for other possible spellings of Mao.
How Common Is The Last Name Mao? popularity and diffusion
The surname Mao is the 179th most numerous last name on earth It is held by approximately 1 in 2,453 people. The last name is predominantly found in Asia, where 99 percent of Mao reside; 99 percent reside in East Asia and 99 percent reside in Sino-East Asia. Mao is also the 19,829th most common forename globally. It is borne by 45,985 people.
The surname Mao is most frequently used in China, where it is carried by 2,912,151 people, or 1 in 470. Without taking into account China it exists in 140 countries. It is also common in Taiwan, where 0 percent reside and Thailand, where 0 percent reside.
Mao Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those carrying the surname is chiefly Orthodox (91%) in Russia.
In The United States those bearing the Mao last name are 7.91% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than the national average, with 61.14% registered to vote for the political party.
The amount Mao earn in different countries varies greatly. In Italy they earn 84.44% less than the national average, earning €4,673 per year; in Norway they earn 28.94% less than the national average, earning 245,932 kr per year; in Peru they earn 64.18% less than the national average, earning S/. 6,944 per year; in South Africa they earn 181.05% more than the national average, earning R 667,884 per year; in Vietnam they earn 68.65% more than the national average, earning 139,039,000 ₫ per year; in United States they earn 16.14% more than the national average, earning $50,114 USD per year and in Canada they earn 7.97% more than the national average, earning $53,644 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Mao Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Mao in the Oriya language | ||
| ମାଓ | ma'o | - |
| Mao in the Marathi language | ||
| माओ | ma'o | - |
| Mao in the Hindi language | ||
| माो | mao | 87.13 |
| माओ | ma'o | 6.25 |
| मौ | mau | 3.68 |
| माो़ | mao | 0.37 |
| Mao in the Bengali language | ||
| মাও | ma'o | 57.14 |
| মও | ma'o | 42.86 |
| Mao in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﺍﻣﺎﻭﻩ | amawh | 28.57 |
| ﺍﻣﺎﻭ | amaw | 28.57 |
| ﻣﺎﻭ | maw | 14.29 |
| ﺃﻣﺎﻭﻩ | amawh | 14.29 |
| ﺃﻣﺎﻭ | amaw | 14.29 |
| Mao in the Russian language | ||
| Мао | mao | - |
| Mao in the Arabic language | ||
| معو | mw | - |
| ماو | maw | - |
| ميو | myw | - |
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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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