# Trieu (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/trieu/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. Counts from the US Census Bureau; origin and etymology from Wiktionary; bearers from Wikidata. Data updated 2026-11-11.

A surname from Chinese.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | Chinese |
| Type | not recorded |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 3,451 |
| US rank (2010) | 9,426 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 89,466 people |
| Change since 2000 | +32% (2,613 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Etymology

Borrowed from Vietnamese Triệu. Doublet of Zhao.

## Who carries it

Share of people named Trieu 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) | 2.6% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 0.1% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 0.9% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 94% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 0.0% |
| Two or more races | 2.1% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Trieu in Vietnam.

## People named Trieu

- Bà Triệu, 3rd-century Vietnamese warrior

## Similar surnames

True, Trew, Terry, Thayer, Toro, Tyree, Troy, Tarr, Torrey, Tower, Torre, Towery.

## 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.