The surname Siu
A Chinese surname, carried by 4,877 people in the United States.
2 syllables Soundex S000
Origin
Chinese origin
Borrowed from Cantonese 蕭／萧 (siu1) or 邵 (siu6).
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 4,877 people named Siu in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 63,306 Americans. That is up 29% since 2000, when the Census counted 3,777.
Who is named Siu
Race and Hispanic origin as people reported it in the 2010 Census
86% of people named Siu identified as Asian and Pacific Islander, 7.5% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 3.4% as two or more races.
- Asian and Pacific Islander 86%
- Hispanic or Latino (any race) 7.5%
- Two or more races 3.4%
- White (not Hispanic) 2.6%
Compare: most common surnames among Asian and Pacific Islander Americans.
Spellings and sound-alikes
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Surnames that sound like Siu
Siu has the Soundex code S000, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code S000.
Other Chinese surnames
Questions
- Where does the surname Siu come from?
- Borrowed from Cantonese 蕭／萧 (siu1) or 邵 (siu6).
- How common is the surname Siu?
- 4,877 people in the United States had the surname Siu in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 63,306 Americans. It ranked 6,892nd of 162,253 surnames.
- What ethnicity is the surname Siu?
- In the 2010 Census, 86% of people named Siu identified as Asian and Pacific Islander, and 7.5% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
- Is the surname Siu getting more or less common?
- More common. 3,777 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 4,877 in 2010, up 29%.