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Last name 孝 (孝 , Takashi , Xiào) , in the world, is a common cognomen. The cognomen 孝 is habitual in Brunei, where it is quite a rare surname, Japan, and Singapore. Not in comparison with a country's population, it most frequently occurs in China, Japan, and India. Likewise, 孝 is the forename as well as the last name.