How common is the surname Shao?

3,741 people in the United States had the surname Shao in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 82,530 Americans. It ranked 8,765th of 162,253 surnames.

Is the surname Shao getting more or less common?

More common. 1,939 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 3,741 in 2010, up 93%.

The surname Shao

A surname, carried by 3,741 people in the United States.

1 syllable Soundex S000

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Shao is more common than 94.6% of them.

Origin

From the Wade–Giles and Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin pronunciation of various Chinese surnames.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 3,741 people named Shao in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 82,530 Americans. That is up 93% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,939.

#8,765

rank among US surnames

3,741

people in 2010

1.3

per 100,000 Americans

+92.9%

change since 2000 (was #14,201)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#8,758	Avitia	3,745	82,442
#8,761	Files	3,744	82,464
#8,763	Henn	3,743	82,486
#8,765	Sullins	3,741	82,530
#8,768	Wolfson	3,740	82,552
#8,770	Hine	3,738	82,596

Who is named Shao

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

95% of people named Shao identified as Asian and Pacific Islander, 2.8% as white (not Hispanic) and 1.1% as two or more races.

Asian and Pacific Islander 95%
White (not Hispanic) 2.8%
Two or more races 1.1%
Black (not Hispanic) 0.4%

The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Hispanic, Native American are not shown.

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

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Shao

Shao has the Soundex code S000, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code S000.

Questions

Where does the surname Shao come from?: From the Wade–Giles and Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin pronunciation of various Chinese surnames.
How common is the surname Shao?: 3,741 people in the United States had the surname Shao in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 82,530 Americans. It ranked 8,765th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Shao?: In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Shao identified as Asian and Pacific Islander, and 2.8% as white (not Hispanic).
Is the surname Shao getting more or less common?: More common. 1,939 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 3,741 in 2010, up 93%.