The surname Niu
A Chinese surname, carried by 1,372 people in the United States.
1 syllable Soundex N000
Origin
Chinese origin
Romanization of Hokkien 梁 (Niû) in most dialects. Doublet of Liang.
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 1,372 people named Niu in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 225,033 Americans. That is up 77% since 2000, when the Census counted 776.
Who is named Niu
Race and Hispanic origin as people reported it in the 2010 Census
91% of people named Niu identified as Asian and Pacific Islander, 3.9% as two or more races and 3.5% as white (not Hispanic).
- Asian and Pacific Islander 91%
- Two or more races 3.9%
- White (not Hispanic) 3.5%
- Hispanic or Latino (any race) 0.9%
Compare: most common surnames among Asian and Pacific Islander Americans.
Famous Nius
1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first
- Niu Jin3rd century Chinese general serving warlord Cao Cao
Spellings and sound-alikes
Useful when a record has your ancestor under another spelling
Niu has the Soundex code N000, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code N000.
Other Chinese surnames
Questions
- Where does the surname Niu come from?
- Romanization of Hokkien 梁 (Niû) in most dialects. Doublet of Liang.
- How common is the surname Niu?
- 1,372 people in the United States had the surname Niu in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 225,033 Americans. It ranked 19,646th of 162,253 surnames.
- What ethnicity is the surname Niu?
- In the 2010 Census, 91% of people named Niu identified as Asian and Pacific Islander, and 3.9% as two or more races.
- Who is the most famous person named Niu?
- Niu Jin, 3rd century Chinese general serving warlord Cao Cao.
- Where is the surname Niu most common?
- Wikidata records people named Niu in Cao Wei.
- Is the surname Niu getting more or less common?
- More common. 776 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,372 in 2010, up 77%.