Yao Family History
- Yao Name Meaning
- Chinese : from the name of an ancient place (Yao Ruins), in present-day Henan province. According to legend, the model emperor Shun (2257–2205 bc) was conceived and born here, after his mother was so greatly moved by the beauty of a rainbow that she became pregnant. Some of Shun’s descendants later adopted the place name Yao as their surname.
Source: Dictionary of American Family Names ©2013, Oxford University Press
- 9,938 Historical Documents with Yao on Ancestry
- 5,350 Birth, Marriage, and Deaths
- 260 Census and Voter Lists
- 1,005 Military Records
- 3,120 Immigration Records
- 203 Member Trees
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Number of Yao families
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from the 1920 US Federal Census Data
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from the 1891 England and Wales Census Data
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from the 1891 Scotland Census Data
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