Tao (surname)
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Tao is the
Song-era Hundred Family Surnames
poem.
Tao (Japanese surname Tao (田尾), notably the surname of ski jumper Katsushi Tao (田尾 克史, born 1963) and baseball player Yasushi Tao (田尾 安志, born 1954).
Origin
Various Tao origins:
- Qi (surname) (祁)
- Public Officer of Zhou Dynasty
- Miao people
- Minority Group
- Mongolian
- Tuoheluo, Tuqin, Tuokuer family of Liaoning
- Xibe people
Romanization
- Wade-Giles: T'ao, Tao (apostrophe is commonly omitted)
- Cantonese: To, Tou and Tow
- Minnan: Tô
- Teochew: Tau, Tow
- Gan: Tháu
Other languages
Distribution
Tao was the 82nd-most-common surname in mainland China, but it was unlisted among the 100 most common Taiwanese surnames.[citation needed]
Tao is a fairly uncommon surname in the
2000 one.[1] Families of Tao ancestry distributed towards the European lands from previous wealthy families gaining reputations within European aristocracy particularly within the British and the Dutch. Few former aristocratic families of Tao ancestry now live quiet lives throughout Europe as well as many returning to Hong Kong, China or the America's within the late 20th century.[citation needed
]
History
Some
which?] upon the advent of the Qing dynasty Manchufied their name to Tohoro (simplified Chinese: 托活络; traditional Chinese: 託濶羅; pinyin: tuōhuóluò).[2] Notable descendants along this line include Duanfang. The Mandarin form of the surname 陶 meaning ‘ceramics’ in Chinese: (i) from the placename Tao (陶) said to be the original residence of the legendary Emperor Yao (c. 24th century BC). (ii) from Tao Zheng (陶正) ‘ceramics officer’ post name of an official in charge of the making of ceramics during the Western Zhou dynasty (1046–771 BC). (iii) borne by the descendants of the Shang dynasty (1600–1046 BC). The Tao family was one of the seven clans of the Shang dynasty that were sent to the state of Wey after the annihilation of the Shang dynasty.[3]
People with the surname
- Dao
- Erica Dao, radiation scientist
- Tao
- David Tao or Tao Zhe, singer
- Jin Dynastygeneral and governor
- Tao Luna, sports shooter
- Meixia Tao, Chinese electrical engineer
- Michael Tao, television actor
- Han Dynasty
- Tao Yuanming, scholar and poet of the Jin dynasty
- Tao Siju, politician
- Terence Tao, Australian mathematician and 2006 Fields Medalist
- Tao Zhu, politician
- Tao Hongkai, Chinese-American scholar, activist.
- Zhong Tao (born 2001), Chinese high jumper
- Tohoro
References
- Public Broadcasting Service. "How Popular Is Your Last Name?" Accessed 6 Apr 2012.
- ISBN 0-295-98040-0. Retrieved March 2, 2012.
- ^ "Tao Name Meaning & Tao Family History at Ancestry.com®". www.ancestry.com. Retrieved 2023-10-17.