Tsao Surname

73,777th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 6,668 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Curaçao

Tsao Surname User-submission:

Tsao is a romanization, among others such as Cao, of many Chinese surnames, the most prevalent of which being 曹, some other characters being 操 and 草. The most common 曹 originates from the Zhou-era duchy of Tsao founded by Cao Shu Zhenduo (曹叔振鐸.

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Tsao Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States4,1731:86,8589,792
Canada4841:76,1278,584
China4221:3,240,098391
Taiwan2681:87,480872
Thailand2601:271,68646,672
Russia1741:828,29367,348
South Africa1481:366,06633,202
Australia1041:259,57423,725
Hong Kong961:76,4111,572
Japan841:1,521,95624,539
France711:935,531107,040
England641:870,59545,570
New Zealand591:76,75111,256
Malaysia371:797,14136,924
Ukraine231:1,979,248140,199
Netherlands211:804,15159,518
Paraguay171:425,6915,975
Philippines161:6,327,389184,366
Singapore131:423,66918,211
Argentina131:3,287,955132,850
Brazil111:19,461,303329,560
Belarus101:950,10668,851
Germany91:8,945,051266,530
Venezuela91:3,356,00933,931
Guatemala91:1,786,9636,100
Belize61:59,2462,743
Switzerland51:1,642,58387,307
Kazakhstan51:3,536,499118,599
El Salvador51:1,268,7784,375
Curaçao41:39,312638
Costa Rica41:1,195,0176,919
Indonesia31:44,083,065698,220
Austria31:2,838,47893,604
Azerbaijan31:3,216,37432,290
South Korea31:17,080,0852,793
Sweden21:4,923,378241,212
Scotland21:2,676,90851,579
Mexico21:62,063,10283,384
Italy21:30,578,344160,757
United Arab Emirates21:4,581,13693,443
Vietnam21:46,323,0275,235
Uganda11:39,039,279258,887
Spain11:46,752,036156,870
Afghanistan11:32,153,18360,828
Belgium11:11,496,644167,539
Panama11:3,912,25817,195
Benin11:10,335,602103,742
Qatar11:2,357,99976,403
Portugal11:10,418,24125,048
Cameroon11:20,769,068227,406
Colombia11:47,774,07244,230
Congo11:4,989,09634,171
Namibia11:2,409,40119,676
Macau11:601,6301,582
Kuwait11:3,800,69427,187
Kenya11:46,179,900103,372
Hungary11:9,816,27773,288
DR Congo11:73,879,570260,543
Guam11:160,1214,893
Greece11:11,079,790145,225
East Timor11:1,215,928507

Tsao (1,435) may also be a first name.

Tsao Surname Meaning

User-submitted Reference

Tsao is a romanization, among others such as Cao, of many Chinese surnames, the most prevalent of which being 曹, some other characters being 操 and 草. The most common 曹 originates from the Zhou-era duchy of Tsao founded by Cao Shu Zhenduo (曹叔振鐸. 操 comes from Chinese poet and warlord Tsao Tsao (曹操), who was a central figure of the Three Kingdoms period. 草 means 'grass'.

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Tsao Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Tsao Come From? nationality or country of origin

Tsao (Russian: Цао) is held by more people in The United States than any other country or territory. It may also be rendered as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Tsao? popularity and diffusion

The last name Tsao is the 73,777th most frequently used surname in the world It is held by around 1 in 1,092,913 people. The last name Tsao occurs predominantly in The Americas, where 71 percent of Tsao live; 70 percent live in North America and 69 percent live in Anglo-North America. Tsao is also the 205,995th most widely held first name worldwide, borne by 1,435 people.

The surname is most commonly held in The United States, where it is held by 4,173 people, or 1 in 86,858. In The United States it is most numerous in: California, where 46 percent live, New York, where 10 percent live and Texas, where 9 percent live. Barring The United States it is found in 60 countries. It also occurs in Canada, where 7 percent live and China, where 6 percent live.

Tsao Last Name Statistics demography

The religious devotion of those holding the Tsao surname is chiefly Orthodox (67%) in Russia.

In The United States those bearing the Tsao last name are 9.47% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than The US average, with 62.7% being registered with the party.

The amount Tsao earn in different countries varies greatly. In South Africa they earn 54.03% less than the national average, earning R 109,248 per year; in United States they earn 29.98% more than the national average, earning $56,084 USD per year and in Canada they earn 23.1% more than the national average, earning $61,161 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Tsiao8980/
Tshao8943/
Tsaou8920/
Tsaho8911/
Thsao899/
Ts'ao894/
Tsaos893/
Tsaoi893/
Tsajio80139/
Tsaous80104/
Tsahou8019/
Tsayyo809/
Tssaou806/
Tsaoys805/
Tsaiyo802/
Tsayio801/
Tshaho801/
Tjao75420/
Tsoa75128/
Tcao754/
Dsao752/
Tzao752/
Csao751/
Tsiahou735/
Tsahaou731/
Tchao6710,058/
Tsoho676,512/
Tseaa67832/
Tsuoa6747/
Tjhao6737/
Tsoha6714/
Tsouo6713/
Tsoeo6710/
Tsoua678/
Tzaou675/
Tsooa674/
Tso'o673/
Tsuia673/
Tsioa672/
Tsaua671/
Tsaau671/
Tzaho671/
Tseua671/
Tshoa671/
Tjaop671/

Tsao Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Tsao in the Russian language
Цаоcao-

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