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    The surname Dao

    A surname, carried by 11,211 people in the United States.

    1 syllable Soundex D000

    Dao: #3,220 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer#10,001Dubon Dao #3,220, 11,211 people Dao: #3,220 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Dao #3,220, 11,211 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Dao is more common than 98% of them.

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 11,211 people named Dao in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 27,540 Americans. That is up 37% since 2000, when the Census counted 8,163.

    #3,220
    rank among US surnames
    11,211
    people in 2010
    3.8
    per 100,000 Americans
    +37.3%
    change since 2000 (was #3,994)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #3,211Paulsen11,24327,461
    #3,212Harwood11,23827,473
    #3,214Victor11,23427,483
    #3,215Stanfield11,22927,495
    #3,217Ruvalcaba11,22027,517
    #3,218Newsom11,21827,522
    #3,219Shipp11,21727,525

    Who is named Dao

    Race and Hispanic origin as people reported it in the 2010 Census

    94% of people named Dao identified as Asian and Pacific Islander, 1.9% as two or more races and 1.7% as white (not Hispanic).

    • Asian and Pacific Islander 94%
    • Two or more races 1.9%
    • White (not Hispanic) 1.7%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.0%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 0.9%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.1%

    Compare: most common surnames among Asian and Pacific Islander Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Dao

    Dao has the Soundex code D000, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code D000.

    Questions

    How common is the surname Dao?
    11,211 people in the United States had the surname Dao in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 27,540 Americans. It ranked 3,220th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Dao?
    In the 2010 Census, 94% of people named Dao identified as Asian and Pacific Islander, and 1.9% as two or more races.
    Is the surname Dao getting more or less common?
    More common. 8,163 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 11,211 in 2010, up 37%.