Cao
Cao is the 1,324th most common surname in the United States, shared by 26,062 people at the 2020 census. That is about one person in 11,500.
By the numbers
- People
- 26,062
- Rank
- 1,324th
- How common
- 1 in 11,500
- Per 100,000
- 8.7
Where the name comes from
From the pinyin romanization of cmn 曹.
Etymology from Wiktionary, used under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Who bears the name
How people with the surname Cao described their own race and Hispanic origin at the 2020 census:
Notable people called Cao
- Cao Cao (155–220)Chinese warlord and statesman
- Cao Xueqin (born 1724)Chinese novelist and poet
- Cao Pi (187–226)Cao Wei Emperror
- Diogo Cão (1452–1486)Portuguese explorer
- Cao Zhi (192–232)State of Cao Wei prince and poet
- Cao Rui (205–239)Chinese Cao Wei emperor from 226 to 239
- Cao Yuan (born 1995)Olympic diver from China
- Cao Huan (246–302)Emperor of Cao Wei from 260 to 266
People named Cao with articles in the most Wikipedia languages. Data from Wikidata (CC0).
Try it on yourself
Source: US Census Bureau, Frequently Occurring Surnames, 2020. The Census describes the file as the surnames borne by 100 or more people; rarer names are not published. The line is not quite exact, and 617 published names come in under it, the smallest at 92 people. Race and Hispanic origin are self-reported. Rates are worked out against the 298.9 million people the file's own figures are calculated on, which is fewer than the census counted in all: the difference is everyone whose surname was too rare to publish.