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    The surname Miao

    A Chinese surname, carried by 1,677 people in the United States.

    1 syllable Soundex M000

    Miao: #16,953 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Miao #16,953, 1,677 people Miao: #16,953 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Miao #16,953, 1,677 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Miao is more common than 89.6% of them.

    Origin

    Chinese origin

    From Mandarin 苗 (Miáo).

    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 1,677 people named Miao in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 184,106 Americans. That is up 59% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,053.

    #16,953
    rank among US surnames
    1,677
    people in 2010
    0.6
    per 100,000 Americans
    +59.3%
    change since 2000 (was #22,753)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #16,944Pico1,678183,996
    #16,953Chittum1,677184,106
    #16,958Villamil1,676184,216

    Who is named Miao

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

    95% of people named Miao identified as Asian and Pacific Islander, 2.3% as white (not Hispanic) and 1.7% as two or more races.

    • Asian and Pacific Islander 95%
    • White (not Hispanic) 2.3%
    • Two or more races 1.7%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 0.5%
    The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Black, Native American are not shown.

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

    Spellings and sound-alikes

    Useful when a record has your ancestor under another spelling

    Variant spellings

    • Meo

    Surnames that sound like Miao

    Miao has the Soundex code M000, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code M000.

    Other Chinese surnames

    All 193 Chinese surnames

    Questions

    Where does the surname Miao come from?
    From Mandarin 苗 (Miáo).
    How common is the surname Miao?
    1,677 people in the United States had the surname Miao in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 184,106 Americans. It ranked 16,953rd of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Miao?
    In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Miao identified as Asian and Pacific Islander, and 2.3% as white (not Hispanic).
    Is the surname Miao getting more or less common?
    More common. 1,053 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,677 in 2010, up 59%.
    What are other spellings of Miao?
    Meo.