# Liou (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/liou/  
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 | not recorded |
| Type | not recorded |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 1,162 |
| US rank (2010) | 22,201 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 265,702 people |
| Change since 2000 | +1.8% (1,142 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Etymology

* From the Mandarin pronunciation of Mandarin 劉 /刘 (liú). Doublet of Lau, Liu, and Luu.

## Who carries it

Share of people named Liou 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) | 3.1% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 0.0% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 0.4% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 93% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 0.0% |
| Two or more races | 3.3% |

## Similar surnames

Li, Liu, Lo, Liao, Lieu, Lóu, Loi, Lee, Le, Lowe, 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.