Tô (surname)
Encyclopedia
Tô is a Vietnamese surname. The name is transliterated as Su
in Chinese
and So in Korean
.
To is the anglicized variation of the surname Tô.
Su (surname)
Sū or So is the 41st most common Chinese family name in 2006.-Origins:There are many theories to the origins of the surname.One suggests that it derives from a minority ethnic group...
in Chinese
Chinese language
The Chinese language is a language or language family consisting of varieties which are mutually intelligible to varying degrees. Originally the indigenous languages spoken by the Han Chinese in China, it forms one of the branches of Sino-Tibetan family of languages...
and So in Korean
Korean language
Korean is the official language of the country Korea, in both South and North. It is also one of the two official languages in the Yanbian Korean Autonomous Prefecture in People's Republic of China. There are about 78 million Korean speakers worldwide. In the 15th century, a national writing...
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To is the anglicized variation of the surname Tô.
List of persons with the surname
- Tô Hiến ThànhTô Hiến ThànhTô Hiến Thành was an official in the royal court of Lý Anh Tông and Lý Cao Tông, the sixth and seventh emperors of the Lý Dynasty...
, official in the royal court of the Lý Dynasty - Tô Ngọc Vân, painter
- To Vinh DienTo Vinh DienTô Vĩnh Diện was a soldier in the Viet Minh during the First Indochina War against France in Vietnam. Dien was proclaimed a national hero by the Viet Minh after his death in the period leading up to the Battle of Dien Bien Phu....
, Viet Minh during the First Indochina War against France in Vietnam - Tô Hoài, writer