Surname Chō (長 
, تشو 
, Chō 
) , across the world, is quite a common cognomen. The last name Chō is habitual in Kazakhstan, where it is quite a rare surname, Kyrgyzstan, and Libya, where it is a rare surname. Not in comparison with a country's population, it is commonest in China, Kazakhstan, and Egypt. Much less frequently, Chō is the forename as well as the last name.
| shōkichi chō (b. 1941) |
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| hisahiko chō Japanese politician |
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| sō chō Japanese noblewoman |
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