Explore the Family Name Piao

The meaning of Piao

1. Chinese: Mandarin form of the surname 朴: (i) dating back to an ancient Korean surname (see Pak 1). (ii) traced back to some minority ethnic groups in ancient southern China. 2. Portuguese (Pião): topographic name from pião, an augmentative of pia ‘sink’, meaning ‘great cavity in a rock’, or a nickname or status name from a variant of peão ‘rural worker’.

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

Based on the Decennial U.S. Census data, the popularity of the surname "Piao" has significantly increased from 2000 to 2010. In the year 2000, Piao was ranked 113,519 in terms of popularity and had a count of 143. By 2010, the rank rose to 37,792 with a count of 588, showing an impressive growth rate of over 66.71% in rank and an increase in count by 311.19%. This indicates that the number of people bearing this surname more than tripled within a decade. The proportion per 100,000 also saw a substantial rise of 300%, moving from 0.05 in 2000 to 0.2 in 2010.

	2000	2010	Change
Rank	#113,519	#37,792	66.71%
Count	143	588	311.19%
Proportion per 100k	0.05	0.2	300%

Race and Ethnicity of people with the last name Piao

Turning to ethnic identity, the data from the Decennial U.S. Census shows that the majority of individuals with the surname "Piao" identify as Asian/Pacific Islander. In 2000, this demographic represented 95.1% of the total, and it increased to 96.6% by 2010. During the same period, a new ethnicity appeared under this surname - those identifying as belonging to two or more races, which stood at 1.53% in 2010. However, no significant change was observed for other ethnic identities such as White, Hispanic, Black, or American Indian and Alaskan Native.

	2000	2010	Change
Asian/Pacific Islander	95.1%	96.6%	1.58%
Two or More Races	0%	1.53%	0%
White	0%	0%	0%
Hispanic	0%	0%	0%
Black	0%	0%	0%
American Indian and Alaskan Native	0%	0%	0%