To (surname)

To, Tô, and Tō are a group of surnames of east-Asian origin, for each of which "To" (without any diacritical mark) is at least an occasional variant.

Tô is a Vietnamese surname (Chữ Nôm: 蘇) derived from the Chinese surname Su.

From Chinese 陶 (Tao):

• Tô, the Minnan romanization of the name
• To, the Cantonese romanization for the name
• Tō, the romanization of the Japanese surname 陶, which is derived from the (same Chinese) name

Individuals named To

• Johnnie To (杜), a Hong Kong film director and producer
• Marcus To, a Canadian comics artist
• Tô Hiến Thành, a famous governmental officer in the past of Vietnam
• Tô Đông Pha, a notable Chinese writer, poet, painter, calligrapher, pharmacologist, gastronome, and a statesman of the Song dynasty