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    The surname Tieu

    A Vietnamese surname, carried by 2,275 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex T000

    Tieu: #13,391 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Tieu #13,391, 2,275 people Tieu: #13,391 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Tieu #13,391, 2,275 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Tieu is more common than 91.7% of them.

    Origin

    Vietnamese origin

    Borrowed from Vietnamese Tiêu, from Chinese 蕭 /萧 (xiāo).

    One of 31 Vietnamese surnames on this site.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 2,275 people named Tieu in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 135,712 Americans. That is up 27% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,786.

    #13,391
    rank among US surnames
    2,275
    people in 2010
    0.8
    per 100,000 Americans
    +27.4%
    change since 2000 (was #15,146)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #13,383Gunnell2,276135,653
    #13,391Syverson2,275135,712
    #13,397Vess2,274135,772

    Who is named Tieu

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

    96% of people named Tieu identified as Asian and Pacific Islander, 2.4% as two or more races and 1.0% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

    • Asian and Pacific Islander 96%
    • Two or more races 2.4%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.0%
    • White (not Hispanic) 0.8%
    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

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    Surnames that sound like Tieu

    Tieu has the Soundex code T000, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code T000.

    Other Vietnamese surnames

    All 31 Vietnamese surnames

    Questions

    Where does the surname Tieu come from?
    Borrowed from Vietnamese Tiêu, from Chinese 蕭 /萧 (xiāo).
    How common is the surname Tieu?
    2,275 people in the United States had the surname Tieu in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 135,712 Americans. It ranked 13,391st of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Tieu?
    In the 2010 Census, 96% of people named Tieu identified as Asian and Pacific Islander, and 2.4% as two or more races.
    Is the surname Tieu getting more or less common?
    More common. 1,786 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,275 in 2010, up 27%.