Chao Surname

Surname Overview

Chao Surname Overview

The surname Chao is pronounced cháo, and its present population is about 2,000.

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Origins

Six Lineages of Origin

The recorded lineages of the Chao surname include Youchao, Hou Ji of the Ji lineage, the Xianbei Pu clan, descendants of King Nan of Zhou, Cheng Rui, and the Mongolian Haijia clan.

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Historical Records

Documentary Attestations

The Wei Shu records that members of the Pu clan and related clans adopted Han surnames including Chao; the Tongzhi records that descendants of King Nan of Zhou adopted Chao from Chaoyang County to avoid taboo; and the Wudaishi records that Cheng Rui was granted the Chao surname.

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Commanderies and Clan Halls

Commandery Prestige Names

Recorded commandery prestige names of the Chao surname include Runan, Peiguo, Chenliu, Xunyang, Linchuan, Lujiang, Taishan, Huainan, Yong'an, Hejian, Linru, Huayin, Hedong, Qinghe, Jiangling, Chang'an, Henan, Zhaozhou, Wugong, and Wanjun.

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Migration and Distribution

The Chao lineage was active early in Shaanxi, Henan, Shandong, and Anhui; after the Wei-Jin and Southern-Northern Dynasties it spread to Hubei, Jiangxi, and Jiangsu, entered Fujian and Guangdong during the Tang period, and reached Taiwan, Yunnan, Sichuan, and Guizhou during the Ming and Qing periods.

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Genealogy and Generation Names

Genealogy and Lineage

The Wanhuai Chao Genealogy was compiled by Chao Kangshu in the forty-eighth year of the Kangxi reign; the first-generation ancestor of the Anqing Chao lineage was Chao Shanchang, followed by the second-generation ancestors Chao Zhuoqiong and Chao Zuogong.

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