# Liew (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/liew/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. Counts from the US Census Bureau; origin and etymology from Wiktionary; bearers from Wikidata. Data updated 2026-11-11.

A surname.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | Chinese |
| Type | not recorded |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 1,017 |
| US rank (2010) | 24,572 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 303,585 people |
| Change since 2000 | +60% (636 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Etymology

Borrowed from Cantonese 廖 (liu6), Hakka 劉／刘 (Lìu), etc.

## Who carries it

Share of people named Liew in the 2010 US Census by the Census's own race and ethnicity groups. The Census suppresses a share when the count behind it is small.

| Group | Share |
|---|---|
| White (not Hispanic) | 3.2% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 0.6% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 93% |
| Two or more races | 2.3% |

## Similar surnames

Li, Le, Lew, Lei, Lieu, Loew, Lie, Lee, Lowe, Liu, Lu, Law.

## How to read these numbers

A Census count is people alive and counted in 2010, not births, and names occurring fewer than 100 times are not published at all. Ethnicity shares are the Census's own categories.