How common is the surname Liew?

1,017 people in the United States had the surname Liew in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 303,585 Americans. It ranked 24,572nd of 162,253 surnames.

Is the surname Liew getting more or less common?

More common. 636 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,017 in 2010, up 60%.

The surname Liew

A Chinese surname, carried by 1,017 people in the United States.

1 syllable Soundex L000

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Liew is more common than 84.9% of them.

Origin

Chinese origin

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

One of 193 Chinese surnames on this site.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 1,017 people named Liew in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 303,585 Americans. That is up 60% since 2000, when the Census counted 636.

#24,572

rank among US surnames

1,017

people in 2010

0.3

per 100,000 Americans

+59.9%

change since 2000 (was #33,782)

Who is named Liew

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

93% of people named Liew identified as Asian and Pacific Islander, 3.2% as white (not Hispanic) and 2.3% as two or more races.

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

The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Hispanic, Native American are not shown.

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

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Liew

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

Other Chinese surnames

All 193 Chinese surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Liew come from?: Borrowed from Cantonese 廖 (liu6), Hakka 劉／刘 (Lìu), etc.
How common is the surname Liew?: 1,017 people in the United States had the surname Liew in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 303,585 Americans. It ranked 24,572nd of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Liew?: In the 2010 Census, 93% of people named Liew identified as Asian and Pacific Islander, and 3.2% as white (not Hispanic).
Is the surname Liew getting more or less common?: More common. 636 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,017 in 2010, up 60%.