Zhao is used as a family name or surname in Germany. It is 4 characters long in length.

Family Name / Last Name: Zhao
No. of characters: 4
Origin: Germany
Meaning: Currently, no meaning found for Zhao

How popular is Zhao?

Zhao is common in Germany.

Zhao is ranked 14 on our list.

As per 2010 US census, number of Zhaos grew by 116.0112 per cent to 22301 since 2000 and ranked 1613 after elevating 1574 spots. The last name was found in around 76 per 1 million population. Please refer to following table for race and ethnicity.

Race 2010 2000
Asian and Native Hawaiian
& Other Pacific Islander		 98.11 98.38
White 0.96 0.49
Others 0.52 0.87
Hispanic or Latino 0.26 0.15
Black 0.13 0.1
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.02 0
Zhao is quite popular last name mostly concentrated in China which signifies that it is originated from China. Around 21256465 people have been found who wears Zhao as their family name. Zhao is used widely across the globe. More detailed information can be found below:
RankCountryCount
Countries with very very low frequency i.e., 1 - 10:
5,565 Costa Rica8
101,066 Zimbabwe5
14,580 Iran5
10,935 Armenia5
27,602 Nigeria4
734 Myanmar4
1,667 Cambodia4
11,802 Egypt4
3,841 Bosnia3
3,008 Ethiopia3
5,909 Bangladesh3
23,165 Romania3
4,138 Bahrain3
25,074 Greece3
13,901 Trinidad and Tobago3
2,935 Angola3
70,383 Tanzania3
528 Laos3
7,299 Estonia2
427 Somalia2
257 East Timor2
3,437 Sudan2
1,136 Mali2
4,367 Afghanistan2
292 Equatorial Guinea2
549 Seychelles2
5,859 Mauritius2
2,744 Rwanda2
6,103 Cyprus2
6,353 Panama2
21,929 Algeria2
8,181 Botswana1
16,228 Bulgaria1
14,618 Guyana1
50,549 Georgia1
13,606 Senegal1
7,314 Bolivia1
1,879 Belize1
1,542 Andorra1
1,176 Antigua and Barbuda1
37,779 Serbia1
48,575 Azerbaijan1
340 Comoros1
19,810 Croatia1
3,307 Malta1
4,999 Papua New Guinea1
8,859 Iraq1
14,373 Jordan1
3,214 Niger1
2,196 Liberia1
3,275 Nepal1
4,942 Libya1
38,830 Morocco1
2,024 Mongolia1
2,309 Monaco1
1,421 Saint Lucia1
17,236 Ghana1
32,942 Uzbekistan1
7,340 Democratic Republic of The Congo1
13,447 Uganda1
9,541 Turkmenistan1
4,435 Togo1
2,613 The Bahamas1
356 Eritrea1
11,923 Slovenia1
3,350 Fiji1
2,715 Gabon1
16,283 Lithuania1
Countries with very low frequency i.e., 10 - 50:
20,906 Israel47
16,483 Chile45
152 American Samoa39
56,036 Kazakhstan38
203,443 Indonesia33
40,421 Belarus27
378,102 India24
838 Guam24
67,946 Czech Republic12
Countries with low frequency i.e., 50 - 100:
13,606 Peru100
13,010 Venezuela100
2,305 Northern Ireland95
6,636 Ecuador92
10,596 Colombia87
5,314 Kuwait70
4,367 Qatar58
77,724 Ukraine58
7,402 Portugal55
1,061 Luxembourg53
Countries with hundreds of Zhao:
11,075 Italy974
2,726 Netherlands921
1,002 Switzerland891
109 Macau859
846 New Zealand819
8,609 South Africa749
7,382 Kenya706
1,194 Scotland650
5,446 Cameroon595
11,594 Poland525
2,104 United Arab Emirates497
1,688 Finland495
4,022 Belgium431
11,329 Mexico393
5,174 Sri Lanka391
33,368 Brazil350
1,524 Ireland349
1,950 Norway321
3,654 Austria314
1,356 Wales293
51,726 Russia271
384 Thailand258
1,467 Namibia244
2,578 Denmark226
27,627 Turkey175
8,668 Hungary131
40,399 Argentina119
Countries with thousands of Zhao:
451 Canada9,667
169 South Korea8,203
105 Hong Kong7,509
1,008 France6,025
1,321 England5,980
543 Australia5,483
122 Singapore4,920
213 Taiwan4,230
793 Vietnam3,180
1,643 Malaysia1,720
2,766 Spain1,713
4,683 Pakistan1,257
13,549 Philippines1,096
1,733 Zambia1,054
3,372 Saudi Arabia1,039
1,007 Sweden1,008
Countries with ten thousands of Zhao:
385 Japan47,628
1,761 United States22,460
517 Germany12,339
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Zhao Namesakes

  • Yang Zhaoxuan, Tennis Player
  • Zanilia Zhao Li Ying, Actress
  • Ban Zhao, Ban Gu's sister
  • Bandi Zhao, Author
  • Bao Zhao, Poet
  • Carol Zhao, Tennis Player
  • Carol Zhao, Tennis Player
  • Carol Zhao, Tennis Player
  • Carol Zhao, Tennis Player
  • Vincent Zhao, Actor
  • In 1980, Na Zhao played the role of Wu Tonghua in drama flick Yuan shuai zhi si.
  • In 2018 action and adventure film, Monkey King and the City of Demons, Donghao Zhao played Tang Seng.
  • In 2012 drama flick, Mount Awa, Hong Zhao played N.
  • Shunran Zhao characterized central role of N in 2017 drama, romance film Puppy Love.
  • Da Zhao, from 2018 mystery, thriller film Mu hou wan jia, who played Zhu Nan.
  • Tingting Zhao characterized the pivotal role of N in 2016 drama, family movie The Blood Hound.
  • Xiuli Zhao, from 1994 drama movie Gu long zhen die ying, who played the N.
  • In 2019, Tieying Zhao played the role of Huang Baoguai in adventure and comedy flick Da meng xi you 5.
  • In 2012 drama flick, The Winter Not Too Cold, Yingxia Zhao portrayed N.
  • In 1927 0 movie, Jiaxing Ba Mei Tu, Yongni Zhao characterized N.
  • In 1940, Yishan Zhao portrayed the role of N in drama movie Dayu Sha Jia.
  • Zewen Zhao portrayed leading character of Da Zhuang in 2013 action and comedy film Xiao xiao fei hu dui.
  • Chloe Zhao played the vital role of N in 2015 comedy flick Yi lu xiang qian.
  • Candice Zhao, from 0 action and adventure movie The King of Disaster, who portrayed Xia Tian.
  • Junkai Zhao characterized the main role of N in 1986 drama, war flick Mi ling jie ji.
  • Rong Zhao, from 2012 romance flick Love at 30000 Feet, who characterized N.
  • Jun Zhao played leading character of Big Wong in 2017 comedy, drama film King of Peking.
  • In 2019 action and drama film, Wu Ming Kuang, Jian Zhao characterized Wang Yidao.
  • Wei Zhao, from 2012 drama movie Ci chu yu bi chu, who portrayed Zhaowei.
  • In 2013 comedy and drama movie, Gong zhu de you huo, Ke Zhao characterized N.
  • Gang Zhao played the key character of Uncle Pei in 2011 action flick Wushu Warrior.

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