Chinese surnames

焦

jiāo · Jiao

Order in the Hundred Family Surnames
No. 221
Ancestral seat (junwang)
中山
Wikidata
Q4505479

In other languages

  • German Jiao
  • English Jiao
  • Spanish Jiao
  • French Jiao
  • Korean 자오
  • Russian Цзяо
  • Vietnamese Giao

Notable historical bearers

Deceased people recorded in Wikidata with this family name, ordered by how many Wikipedias cover them.

  • Jiao Bingzhen1689 – 1726

    Chinese painter and astronomer (active 1689-1726)

  • Jiao Ting? – 1120

    Water Margin character

  • Jiao Yulu1922 – 1964

    Chinese politician (1922-1964)

  • Jiao Hong1540 – 1620

    Ming dynasty scholar and historian (1540–1620)

  • Jiao Ruoyu1915 – 2020

    Chinese politician

  • Xun Jiao1763 – 1820

    Qing dynasty person CBDB = 29794

  • Jiao Chu? – 205

    Eastern Han general serving under warlords Yuan Shao and Cao Cao, active until 220

  • 焦易堂1880 – 1950

    judge

  • Jiao Liang1823 – 1852

    Chinese triad leader

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Sources: the Hundred Family Surnames (public domain) with ancestral seats from the chinese-poetry dataset (MIT); spellings and people from Wikidata (CC0).