Chao (超), pronounced chāo, is described as a currently rare Chinese surname. The compilation says it occurs among both Han and Yi people and lists locations including Shangyi in Hebei, Taiyuan in Shanxi, Songjiang in Shanghai, Jinxi in Jiangxi, Qingliu in Fujian, Guanyang in Guangxi, and Xinhui, Gaoyao, and Wuchuan in Guangdong.
One origin account on the page traces Chao to the Pochao clan of the ancient Tangut Qiang, treating it as a sinicized tribal name. It says Pochao was later shortened to Po or Chao, while some adopted Li, and that people surnamed Chao were present in Shangyu during the Jin period.
According to the page's quotation of the Qingchao Tongzhi section on Mongol Eight Banner surnames, the Mongol Chaomute clan, also called Chaomute with the character 潮, lived for generations at Bu'ergasutai; the surname was also adopted among Manchu, Xibe, and Daur people. The page says that after the late Qing, some Chaomute members of these groups adopted the Chinese surname Chao (超).
This secondary compilation says that Chao is included in the Shizulüe sections of both Zheng Tongzhi and Xu Tongzhi and that its origin appears in Yuanhe Xingzuan. Because the supplied source does not reproduce the relevant original passages, these remain secondary-reference leads rather than verified primary-text quotations.
The page lists Linchuan and Linzi as ancestral commanderies. It also lists the Yuhang, Kuaiji, and Shangyu halls, each described as established from an ancestral commandery affiliation.
The compilation lists Chao Xi as a Han-period Grand Coachman and Chao Hua as a Ming-period native of Yihuang, Jiangxi, who served as a wei jingli during the Zhengde reign. The source does not state that the two belonged to a shared lineage.
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