Chao Family History
Chao Name Meaning
Chinese : variant of Zhao.Chinese
: variant of Chow 1.Chinese :
variant of Cao.Chinese : the Chinese character
for this name means ‘nest’. Its use as a surname has its origin in
Chao Lake in modern Anwei province. The lake gave its name to the
state of Chao, which dates back to the Yin dynasty (1401–1122
bc). The name of the state of Chao was in turn adopted by
descendants of its ruling class.Portuguese (Chão)
and Galician: from a common field name derived from Latin
planus ‘level’, ‘even’, ‘flat’.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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Historical Documents & Family Trees with Chao
Name Distribution of Chao Families
MAP:
England & Wales
Scotland
Number of Chao families
 5 - 8  2 - 4 |
 1  |
from the 1891 England and Wales Census Data
| Sorry, we couldn't find geographic distribution information for the Chao last name |
from the 1891 Scotland Census Data
Chao census records
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Chao Family Origin
Chao Emigration Information (US)
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You can find out when most of the Chao families immigrated
to the United States.
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Emigration records can tell you an ancestor's name, ship name, port of departure,
port of arrival and destination.
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from the New York Passenger Lists
Chao Family Occupations
Military Service by Chao
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| Geoffrey Chao |  | lastonestanding | 0 |
| Chief Warrant Officer Cornell C. Chao of California died Jan. 28, 2007 | | I_Volunteer | 0 |
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