Triệu

Article summary

Triệu ( ; ) is a Chinese-language surname, it is the Vietnamese translation of the Chinese surname Zhao (趙). It is commonly found in Vietnam among its Chinese diaspora. Individuals with the surname, Triệu, likely migrated to Vietnam from the Guangdong and Fujian Provinces of China. The name is first in the Hundred Family Surnames – the traditional list of all Chinese surnames – because it was the emperor's surname of the Song dynasty (960–1279) when the list was compiled. Zhao was listed as one of the most common names in China along with Wang, Li, Zhang, Liu, Chen, Yang, Huang, Zhou, and Wu. However, families with the surname "Zhao" that migrated to Vietnam and changed their name to "Triệu" are rare, estimated as 0.16% of the population in Vietnam and 0.001% of the population in the United States. Trieu is the anglicized variation of the surname Triệu.

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1. date of birth: 1984 — source: Wikipedia · confidence 0.95
2. date of birth: 1997 — source: Wikipedia · confidence 0.95

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Bibliography

1. Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1361765224