Gao
English
Alternative forms
- (surname): Gau
- (from Wade-Giles) Kao
Etymology
Chinese surname, from 高.
Proper noun
Gao (countable and uncountable, plural Gaos)
- A surname.
- [1979, Beattie, Hilary J., “Land and taxation”, in Land and Lineage in China: A Study of Tʻung-chʻeng County, Anhwei, in the Ming and Chʻing Dynasties, Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, LCCN 77-91080, OCLC 606039401, page 86:
- At least one lineage, the Kaos of Kuan-shan, had charitable land endowed for this purpose by a member in the seventeenth century.]
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- A city, the capital of the Gao Region, Mali.
Statistics
- According to the 2010 United States Census, Gao is the 2948th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 12172 individuals. Gao is most common among Asian/Pacific Islander (97.39%) individuals.
Anagrams
- AGO, AOG, G. O. A., G.O.A., GOA, Goa, ago, goa, oga
Tagalog
Etymology
From Mandarin 高 (Gāo).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈɡao/, [ˈɡa.o]
Proper noun
Gao
- a surname from Mandarin of Chinese origin
See also
- Caw
- Co
- Ko