Shao (邵)
A Taiwanese surname.
邵 Shao
- Zhuyin
- ㄕㄠˋ
- Pinyin
- shào
- Wade-Giles
- Shao
- Further spellings of 邵
- Shau
- Taiwanese Hokkien (Tâi-lô)
- Siō
- Hakka (Sixian)
- seu⁵⁵
- Rank in Taiwan
- 97th most common surname, roughly 0.07% of the population (2023 Ministry of the Interior figures)
What the character means
The name of an ancient place in the state of Jin.
Where the surname comes from
Tradition traces it to Shi, Duke of Shao (召公奭), a kinsman of King Wu of Zhou enfeoffed at Shao (召); 召 and 邵 were once a single surname, and the form 邵 came into use later. Hall name (堂號): 博陵堂.
Saying it 我姓邵 — wǒ xìng shào (ㄨㄛˇ ㄒㄧㄥˋ ㄕㄠˋ), "my family name is 邵"
Sources: rank and share, 內政部 全國姓名統計分析 (Ministry of the Interior, National Name Statistics), data as of 2023-06-30. Taiwanese Hokkien readings, 教育部臺灣台語常用詞辭典 (MOE Dictionary of Frequently-Used Taiwanese Taigi), 百家姓 appendix. Hakka, 教育部臺灣客語辭典 (MOE Dictionary of Taiwan Hakka), 百家姓表, Sixian (四縣腔).