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    The surname Lieu

    A surname, carried by 3,612 people in the United States.

    1 syllable Soundex L000

    Lieu: #9,045 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Lieu #9,045, 3,612 people Lieu: #9,045 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Lieu #9,045, 3,612 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Lieu is more common than 94.4% of them.

    Origin

    As a Vietnamese surname, from liễu (“willow tree”).

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 3,612 people named Lieu in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 85,478 Americans. That is up 23% since 2000, when the Census counted 2,933.

    #9,045
    rank among US surnames
    3,612
    people in 2010
    1.2
    per 100,000 Americans
    +23.2%
    change since 2000 (was #10,114)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #9,037Delay3,61685,383
    #9,038Everitt3,61585,407
    #9,043Campion3,61485,430
    #9,045Lieu3,61285,478
    #9,048Castelan3,61185,501
    #9,050Linehan3,61085,525
    #9,054Borjas3,60985,549

    Who is named Lieu

    Race and Hispanic origin as people reported it in the 2010 Census

    95% of people named Lieu identified as Asian and Pacific Islander, 1.8% as two or more races and 1.5% as white (not Hispanic).

    • Asian and Pacific Islander 95%
    • Two or more races 1.8%
    • White (not Hispanic) 1.5%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.1%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 0.4%

    Compare: most common surnames among Asian and Pacific Islander Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Lieu

    Lieu has the Soundex code L000, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code L000.

    Questions

    Where does the surname Lieu come from?
    As a Vietnamese surname, from liễu (“willow tree”).
    How common is the surname Lieu?
    3,612 people in the United States had the surname Lieu in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 85,478 Americans. It ranked 9,045th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Lieu?
    In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Lieu identified as Asian and Pacific Islander, and 1.8% as two or more races.
    Is the surname Lieu getting more or less common?
    More common. 2,933 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 3,612 in 2010, up 23%.