{{Infobox surname | name = Diao (刁) | image = 190px | image_size = | caption = | pronunciation = Diāo (Mandarin) | language = Chinese | languageorigin = Old Chinese | origin = | derivation = | meaning = | variant = Tiao | cognate = | derivative = | seealso = | family = }} '''Diao''' is the Mandarin pinyin romanization of the Chinese surname written {{linktext|刁}} in Chinese character. It is romanized as '''Tiao''' in Wade–Giles. Diao is listed 148th in the Song dynasty classic text ''Hundred Family Surnames''.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.guoxue.com/gxrm/gx_bjx.htm |title=百家姓 |trans-title=Hundred Family Surnames |publisher=Guoxue |language=Chinese |accessdate=2014-11-03}}</ref> As of 2008, it is the 245th most common surname in China, shared by 300,000 people.<ref name=top300>{{cite web |url=http://www.taiwan.cn/zppd/XSDG/200901/t20090106_811068.htm |script-title=zh:中国最新300大姓排名（2008）|trans-title=300 most common surnames in China (2008) |publisher=Taiwan.cn |language=Chinese |date=2009-01-06 |accessdate=2014-11-03}}</ref>
==Notable people== * Diao Jian (刁间), one of the richest merchants of the Western Han dynasty * Diao Zidu (刁子都; died 26 AD), Xin dynasty rebel leader * Diao Xie (刁協; died 322), Eastern Jin dynasty prime minister * Diao Yi (刁彝), son of Diao Xie, avenged his father's death * Diao Yong (刁雍; 390–484), Eastern Jin official, great-grandson of Diao Xie * Diao Guangyin or Diao Guang (刁光胤; ca. 852–935), Tang dynasty painter * George Tiao (刁錦寰; born 1933), statistician, member of the Academia Sinica * Diao Wenyuan (刁文元; born 1943), table tennis player and coach * David Diao (born 1943), Chinese-American artist * Diao Guoxin (刁国新; born 1958), PLA lieutenant general * Diao Yinan (born 1969), filmmaker and actor * Diao Xiaojuan (born 1986), female Hong Kong cyclist * Barbie Diao (刁扬; born 1990), model * Diao Linyu (刁琳宇; born 1994), women's volleyball player * Chuti Tiu, American actress
==See also== *Ousmane Diao (born 2004), Senegalese footballer *Salif Diao (born 1977), Senegalese footballer
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