Explore the Family Name Liou

The meaning of Liou

1. Chinese: variant Romanization of the surnames 劉 and 柳 based on their Mandarin pronunciations, see Liu 1 and 2. 2. Chinese: variant Romanization of the surname 廖, see Liao. Some characteristic forenames: Chinese Ching Ping, Ming, Wen, Chan, Cheng, Chia-Wei, Chieh, Choa, Chun, Fei, Fong, Han.

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How common is the last name Liou in the United States?

Based on the Decennial U.S. Census data, the surname Liou has seen slight fluctuations in popularity between the years 2000 and 2010. In 2000, Liou was ranked 21,369th in terms of name prevalence, with a count of 1,142 bearers in the United States. However, by 2010, the surname dropped slightly in rank to 22,201, despite an increase in count to 1,162 bearers. This resulted in a minor decrease in popularity of -3.89%, but an overall growth in name bearers of 1.75%.

	2000	2010	Change
Rank	#21,369	#22,201	-3.89%
Count	1,142	1,162	1.75%
Proportion per 100k	0.42	0.39	-7.14%

Race and Ethnicity of people with the last name Liou

Focusing on the ethnicity associated with the surname Liou, the Decennial U.S. Census data reveals interesting shifts from 2000 to 2010. In 2000, 95.71% of individuals bearing the surname identified as Asian/Pacific Islander, which slightly decreased to 93.2% by 2010. The proportion of bearers identifying as White saw a significant increase, up 136.64% from 1.31% in 2000 to 3.10% in 2010. There was also a noticeable rise in those claiming two or more ethnic identities, growing by 20.66% over the decade. Data for the Hispanic, Black, American Indian and Alaskan Native categories remained fairly static, with minor changes or suppressions for privacy.

	2000	2010	Change
Asian/Pacific Islander	95.71%	93.2%	-2.62%
Two or More Races	2.71%	3.27%	20.66%
White	1.31%	3.1%	136.64%
Hispanic	0%	0.43%	0%
Black	0%	0%	0%
American Indian and Alaskan Native	0%	0%	0%