Surname Overview
Surname Attestation
The source explicitly lists Gao/Hao (鎬) as a currently rare surname and records a distribution in present-day Changzhi, Shanxi; it says the surname is included in Shanxi Population Surnames.
Hào Surname
Surname profileHào / Hao
Origins
Reading and Utensil Origin
For the reading gǎo, the source says the surname may have originated from a utensil name. It also acknowledges a possible hào reading derived from the ancient place Haojing, but favors gǎo because the surname is absent from ancient books and its origin is unlikely to be early.
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