Tchao
surname · Latin script
Meaning: ciao; bye
Recorded for both men and women· direction only, no split published
/tʃao/(machine-generated) pronunciation, model-generated
Tchao is a surname written in the Latin script, with more bearers in Togo than in any other country.
- TGTogo≈1 in 3.4K(inferred from the name graph)
- CMCameroon≈1 in 68K
- FRFrance≈1 in 546K
carrying the name, as counted by its national register where one exists and as Mondonomo estimates it elsewhere (marked ≈ and "est." on hover). One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.
- Togo (inferred from the name graph)
- Sources
- 94 (measured from records)
- ≈1 in 3.4K (inferred from the name graph)
≈2,500 people, est.
Highest-authority source
Togo, est.
measured from records inferred from the name graph
Meaning & origin(measured from records)
ciao; bye
Sources 1
- kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
Where in the world(measured from records)
Tchao counted together with the spellings and other-language forms grouped with it. Where a register counted another spelling, the row names it.
Sorted by bearers: national registers' counts, and Mondonomo's estimates (≈, est.) where no register counts.
| Country | Most common spelling | Sources | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TG Togo | #864 | ≈2,500 est. | ≈1 in 3.4K | 2 | Tchao | 8 |
| CM Cameroon | — | ≈410 est. | ≈1 in 68K | — | Tchao | 2 |
| FR France | — | ≈120 est. | ≈1 in 546K | 17 | Tchao | 94 |
| US United States | — | ≈79 est. | ≈1 in 4.2M | — | Tchao | 10 |
| CA Canada | — | ≈24 est. | ≈1 in 1.6M | — | Tchao | 9 |
| CH Switzerland | — | 5 | 1 in 1.7M | 5 | — | 1 |
Exact figures are national registers' own counts, while figures marked ≈ and est. are Mondonomo’s estimates, counted from our sources and calibrated against those registers; hover one for how far to trust it in that country. A dash means neither exists.
Registers cited: INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000); Journal Officiel — Liste definitive des candidats (legislatives 2024); BFS — Familiennamen der Wohnbevölkerung (surnames). Figures without a register are Mondonomo estimates; see Methodology.
Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table (how that works).
Notable people with this name(measured from records)
- Tao Yuanmingb. 365CNnot in their usual nameChinese poet (365–427)
- Tuoba Taob. 408CNnot in their usual nameNorthern Wei emperor
- Tao Hongjingb. 456CNnot in their usual nameChinese polymath, writer, alchemist and astronomer, founder of Shangqing Taoism (456–536)
- David III of Taob. 930not in their usual nameGeorgian prince
- Tao Zhub. 1908CNnot in their usual nameChinese politician (1908-1969)
- Michael Daob. 1963CNnot in their usual nameHong Kong actor
- David Taob. 1969TWnot in their usual nameTaiwanese singer-songwriter
- Tao Hongb. 1972CNnot in their usual nameChinese actress and former synchronized swimmer (1972- )
- Terence Taob. 1975AUnot in their usual nameAustralian-American mathematician
- Chou Taob. 1988CNnot in their usual namegymnast
The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).
How to address them(machine-generated)
Evidence(measured from records)
Attested in 5 sources across 4 countries.
| Country | Register | Year | Count | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) | 1981 | 20 | — |
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) | 1991 | 17 | — |
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) | 1951 | 16 | — |
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) | 1971 | 12 | — |
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) | 1961 | 7 | — |
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) | 1921 | 7 | — |
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) | 1941 | 6 | — |
| CH Switzerland | BFS — Familiennamen der Wohnbevölkerung (surnames) | 2024 | 5 | #101,952 |
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) | 1931 | 3 | — |
| TG Togo | Journal Officiel — Liste definitive des candidats (legislatives 2024) | 2024 | 2 | #11 |
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) | 1891 | 1 | — |
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) | 1911 | — | — |
Reference works 1
- Wikidata name items (native-script + romanized given/family names)
These works list the name; their figures are licensed and are not reproduced here.
Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.
Frequently asked questions
- What does the name Tchao mean, and where does it come from?
- ciao; bye Recorded by kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations).
- How do you pronounce Tchao?
- A machine transcription gives /tʃao/ (IPA) for French.
- In which country does Tchao have the most bearers?
- Mondonomo estimates about 2.5 thousand people named Tchao in Togo, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled tchao.
- How common is the name Tchao?
- In Switzerland, the national register counted 5 people named Tchao in 2024, about 1 in 1.7 million residents.
- How common is Tchao compared with other names?
- In Togo, Tchao is the 864th most common surname of 2,392 surnames recorded there.
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curl -H "X-API-Key: YOUR_KEY" https://api.mondonomo.ai/api/v1/name-graph/tchaoThe payload this page is built from: spellings and scripts, countries and languages, related names, and the registers that attest the form. It takes a free API key (1,000 requests a day), which returns what this page shows everyone; the full country table, every register citation and the year-by-year series come with a licensed key, as does bulk access.
About this data
measured from records inferred from the name graph machine-generated
These figures come from the data snapshot of and will change as it is rebuilt.
Statistics are aggregated from the Mondonomo name corpus; related names and etymology are inferred from the name graph; pronunciation and any machine-marked transliterations are model-generated. Read how the numbers are made, including their known failure modes, and where the data comes from.
Reference works we consult — surname dictionaries, official name registers, Wikidata and Wiktionary — are named directly, beside the claims they support. The per-country source counts also include datasets of person records: we publish how many there are and their authority tier, but not their names.
Cite this page Mondonomo, “Tchao” — the 864th most common surname in Togo. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.