The surname Pao
A surname, carried by 1,224 people in the United States.
1 syllable Soundex P000
Origin
A surname.
Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How common it is
2010 US Census
There were 1,224 people named Pao in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 252,243 Americans. That is up 30% since 2000, when the Census counted 944.
Who is named Pao
Race and Hispanic origin as people reported it in the 2010 Census
85% of people named Pao identified as Asian and Pacific Islander, 6.2% as white (not Hispanic) and 4.7% as two or more races.
- Asian and Pacific Islander 85%
- White (not Hispanic) 6.2%
- Two or more races 4.7%
- Hispanic or Latino (any race) 3.8%
- Black (not Hispanic) 0.6%
Compare: most common surnames among Asian and Pacific Islander Americans.
Famous Paos
1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first
- Ellen PaoAmerican businesswoman and writer, born 1970
Spellings and sound-alikes
Useful when a record has your ancestor under another spelling
Pao has the Soundex code P000, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code P000.
Questions
- How common is the surname Pao?
- 1,224 people in the United States had the surname Pao in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 252,243 Americans. It ranked 21,382nd of 162,253 surnames.
- What ethnicity is the surname Pao?
- In the 2010 Census, 85% of people named Pao identified as Asian and Pacific Islander, and 6.2% as white (not Hispanic).
- Who is the most famous person named Pao?
- Ellen Pao, American businesswoman and writer.
- Where is the surname Pao most common?
- Wikidata records people named Pao in the United States.
- Is the surname Pao getting more or less common?
- More common. 944 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,224 in 2010, up 30%.