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The CAO surname in the USA

Frequency Comparisons
Total Rank Frequency % Per million people
United States
United States (Current snapshot) 11,106 2986 0.004 41
United States (1880 census) -1 112683 0 0
Change since 1880 +11107 +109697 +N/A +N/A
Other Countries
Australia 1,036 1592 0.006 63
United Kingdom 0 0
Top States for CAO by Total
State Total Rank in State Frequency % Per million people
California 3,597 905 0.011 106
Texas 1,186 2062 0.006 57
New York 988 1887 0.005 52
Florida 451 4586 0.003 28
Massachusetts 387 2347 0.006 61
Top States for CAO by Frequency
State Total Rank in State Frequency % Per million people
California 3,597 905 0.011 106
Massachusetts 387 2347 0.006 61
Washington 351 2143 0.006 60
Texas 1,186 2062 0.006 57
New York 988 1887 0.005 52

Notes

'A figure of zero indicates that we don't have data for this name (usually because it's quite uncommon and our stats don't go down that far). It doesn't mean that there's no-one with that name at all!

For less common surnames, the figures get progressively less reliable the fewer holders of that name there are. This data is aggregated from several public lists, and some stats are interpolated from known values. The margin of error is well over 100% at the rarest end of the table!

For less common surnames, the frequency and "per million" values may be 0 even though there are people with that name. That's because they represent less than one in a million of the population, which ends up as 0 after rounding.

It's possible for a surname to gain in rank and/or total while being less common per million people (or vice versa) as there are now more surnames in the USA as a result of immigration. In mathematical terms, the tail has got longer, with a far larger number of less common surnames.

Figures for top states show firstly the states where most people called CAO live. This obviously tends to be biased towards the most populous states. The second set of figures show where people called CAO represent the biggest proportion of the population. So, in this case, there are more people called CAO in California than any other state, but you are more likely to find a CAO by picking someone at random in California than anywhere else.

Classification and Origin of CAO

Region of origin: Asia

Country of origin: Vietnam

Language of origin: Vietnamese

Data for religion and/or language relates to the culture in which the CAO surname originated. It does not necessarily have any correlation with the language spoken, or religion practised, by the majority of current American citizens with that name.

Ethnic distribution of CAO in the USA

Classification Total Percent
White (Hispanic) 258 2.32
White (Caucasian) 205 1.85
Mixed Race 194 1.75
Asian/Pacific 10,410 93.73
Black/African American Less than 100 Insignificant
Native American/Alaskan Less than 100 Insignificant

Ethnic distribution data shows the number and percentage of people with the CAO surname who reported their ethnic background as being in these broad categories in the most recent national census.

Meaning of CAO in historical publications

Sorry, we don't have any information on the meaning of CAO.

Similar names to CAO

The following names have similar spellings or pronunciations as CAO.

This does not necessarily imply a direct relationship between the names, but may indicate names that could be mistaken for this one when written down or misheard.

Matches are generated automatically by a combination of Soundex, Metaphone and Levenshtein matching.

Potential typos for CAO

The following words are slight variants of CAO that are likely to be possible typos or misspellings in written material.