How common is the surname Xiao?

6,123 people in the United States had the surname Xiao in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 50,424 Americans. It ranked 5,669th of 162,253 surnames.

Who is the most famous person named Xiao?

Vincent Siew, 12th Vice President of Republic of China(Taiwan).

Where is the surname Xiao most common?

Wikidata records people named Xiao in Taiwan.

Is the surname Xiao getting more or less common?

More common. 2,768 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 6,123 in 2010, up 121%.

Is Xiao also a first name?

Yes. Xiao is used as a first name as well as a surname; its first-name page has the meaning and how many babies were given it.

The surname Xiao

A surname, carried by 6,123 people in the United States.

1 syllable Soundex X000

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Xiao is more common than 96.5% of them.

Origin

From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of Mandarin for 肖 (Xiāo) and 蕭／萧 (Xiāo).

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 6,123 people named Xiao in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 50,424 Americans. That is up 121% since 2000, when the Census counted 2,768.

#5,669

rank among US surnames

6,123

people in 2010

2.1

per 100,000 Americans

+121.2%

change since 2000 (was #10,626)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#5,664	Arvizu	6,130	50,366
#5,666	Coakley	6,127	50,391
#5,668	Ismail	6,126	50,399
#5,669	Brister	6,123	50,424
#5,671	Elmer	6,119	50,457
#5,672	Shaughnessy	6,117	50,473

Who is named Xiao

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

98% of people named Xiao identified as Asian and Pacific Islander.

Asian and Pacific Islander 98%
Two or more races 0.8%
White (not Hispanic) 0.8%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 0.2%

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.

Famous Xiaos

1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

Vincent Siew
12th Vice President of Republic of China(Taiwan), born 1939

Spellings and sound-alikes

Useful when a record has your ancestor under another spelling

Variant spellings

Hsiao

Surnames that sound like Xiao

Xiao has the Soundex code X000, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code X000.

Questions

Where does the surname Xiao come from?: From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of Mandarin for 肖 (Xiāo) and 蕭／萧 (Xiāo).
How common is the surname Xiao?: 6,123 people in the United States had the surname Xiao in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 50,424 Americans. It ranked 5,669th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Xiao?: In the 2010 Census, 98% of people named Xiao identified as Asian and Pacific Islander, and 0.8% as two or more races.
Who is the most famous person named Xiao?: Vincent Siew, 12th Vice President of Republic of China(Taiwan).
Where is the surname Xiao most common?: Wikidata records people named Xiao in Taiwan.
Is the surname Xiao getting more or less common?: More common. 2,768 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 6,123 in 2010, up 121%.
What are other spellings of Xiao?: Hsiao.
Is Xiao also a first name?: Yes. Xiao is used as a first name as well as a surname; its first-name page has the meaning and how many babies were given it.