Rao (Chinese surname)

Rao (simplified Chinese: ; traditional Chinese: ; pinyin: Ráo; Wade–Giles: Jao) is a Chinese family name. It can also be spelled as "Yow" or "Yaw".

Rao
PronunciationMandarin: Ráo
Origin
Language(s)Chinese
Region of originmodern day Shanxi and Jiangxi.

The surname Rao is approximately 2200 years old, and originated in the area near present-day Linfen county in Shanxi province.

It is the 181 most common name being shared by around 730,000 people or 0.055% of the population with the province with the most people being Jiangxi. It is on the Hundred Family Surnames poem.


Notable people

  • Jao Tsung-I (1917–2018), Hong Kong Chinese calligrapher
  • Ngeow Sze Chan (1915–2002), Malaysian practitioner of traditional Chinese medicine
  • Rao Ching-ling (born 1969), magistrate of Taitung County
  • Rao Shushi (1903–1975), senior member of the Communist Party of China
  • Rao Yi (born 1962 in Jiangxi), neuroscientist
  • Rao Yutai (1891–1968), physicist
  • Yaw Shin Leong (born 1976), Singaporean politician
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