Gao
English edit
Alternative forms edit
- (surname): Gau
- Kao (Wade–Giles)
Etymology edit
Chinese surname, from 高 (gāo).
Proper noun edit
Gao (countable and uncountable, plural Gaos)
- A surname.
- [1979, Hilary J. Beattie, “Land and taxation”, in Land and Lineage in China: A Study of Tʻung-chʻeng County, Anhwei, in the Ming and Chʻing Dynasties[1], Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, 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.]
- A city, the capital of the Gao Region, Mali.
Statistics edit
- 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 edit
Tagalog edit
Etymology edit
Pronunciation edit
Proper noun edit
Gao (Baybayin spelling ᜄᜏ᜔)
- a surname from Mandarin of Chinese origin