姚
yáo · Yao
- Order in the Hundred Family Surnames
- No. 101
- Ancestral seat (junwang)
- 吴兴
- Wikidata
- Q2233698
In other languages
- German Yao
- English Yao
- Spanish Yao
- French Yao
- Korean 야오
- Russian Яо
- Vietnamese Diêu
Notable historical bearers
Deceased people recorded in Wikidata with this family name, ordered by how many Wikipedias cover them.
- Shun2294 BCE – 2184 BCE
legendary ruler of ancient China, one of the Five Emperors
- Yao Wenyuan1931 – 2005
Chinese politician (1931–2005)
- Yao Beina1981 – 2015
Chinese female singer
- Yao Lee1922 – 2019
Chinese singer (1922-2019)
- Yao Yilin1917 – 1994
Chinese politician (1917-1994)
- Yao Chang331 – 394
Later Qin emperor
- Yao Xing366 – 416
Later Qin emperor
- Yao Silian557 – 637
Chinese politician and historian (564–637)
- Yao Defen1972 – 2012
(1972-2012) former tallest living woman
- Yao Chong650 – 721
Chinese chancellor
- Yao Hong388 – 417
Later Qin Emperor
- Yao Guang Xiao1335 – 1418
Ming dynasty person CBDB = 35140 (1335–1418)
Find printed genealogies
The Shanghai Library holds one of the largest collections of Chinese family genealogies (jiapu). Its genealogy platform lists each genealogy's title, ancestral place, founding ancestor, hall name and holding library. Search there by surname and your family's ancestral place.
Search 姚 genealogies at the Shanghai Library ↗Sources: the Hundred Family Surnames (public domain) with ancestral seats from the chinese-poetry dataset (MIT); spellings and people from Wikidata (CC0).