Niu is used as a family name or surname in China. It is 3 characters long in length.

Family Name / Last Name: Niu
No. of characters: 3
Origin: China
Meaning: Currently, no meaning found for Niu

How popular is Niu?

Niu is common in China.

Niu is ranked 303 on our list.

As per 2010 US census, number of Nius grew by 76.80412 per cent to 1372 since 2000 and ranked 19646 after elevating 9210 spots. The last name was found in around 5 per 1 million population. Please refer to following table for race and ethnicity.

Race 2010 2000
Asian and Native Hawaiian
& Other Pacific Islander		 91.25 91.49
Others 3.86 3.09
White 3.5 4.51
Hispanic or Latino 0.95 0.77
Niu is quite popular family name mostly used in China while Tonga is ahead in terms of density. Around 1624147 people have been found who wears Niu as their family name. Niu is used widely across the globe. More detailed information can be found below:
RankCountryCount
Countries with very very low frequency i.e., 1 - 10:
83,734 Belarus9
275,830 Ukraine8
13,220 Thailand6
823,980 India6
2,028 Vietnam5
75,381 Kyrgyzstan4
23,165 Romania3
2,720 South Korea3
24,547 Saudi Arabia3
16,605 Austria3
2,151 Fiji2
12,172 Ghana2
34,681 Norway2
24,766 Scotland2
20,837 Venezuela2
11,736 Lithuania2
319 Samoa2
23,858 Iran2
24,269 Peru2
82,478 South Africa2
20,186 Kenya2
144,523 Kazakhstan2
50,549 Georgia1
2,877 Cuba1
2,037 Cayman Islands1
134,667 Zimbabwe1
7,198 Maldives1
90,903 Moldova1
5,872 Namibia1
53,033 Nigeria1
12,741 Ecuador1
25,721 Egypt1
56,169 Mexico1
2,024 Mongolia1
2,057 Myanmar1
8,430 Northern Ireland1
17,768 Pakistan1
4,999 Papua New Guinea1
5,924 Paraguay1
21,562 Portugal1
2,578 Guam1
7,847 Albania1
11,486 Estonia1
83,428 United Arab Emirates1
356 Eritrea1
24,460 Armenia1
17,575 Kuwait1
Countries with very low frequency i.e., 10 - 50:
186,944 Russia50
6,284 Ireland49
29,040 Denmark15
4,325 Japan15
Countries with low frequency i.e., 50 - 100:
27,739 Netherlands89
57,588 Argentina75
22,440 Belgium74
15,572 Switzerland72
9,536 Finland72
5,257 Wales68
37,264 Spain60
Countries with hundreds of Niu:
15,208 Philippines967
10,556 Germany941
453 Hong Kong712
6,213 Canada691
21,657 Indonesia520
12,466 England484
21,615 France453
6,700 Australia431
1,091 Singapore408
5,324 Malaysia405
80 Tonga170
5,613 New Zealand135
8,002 Sweden116
75,961 Brazil111
524 Macau107
62,979 Italy101
Countries with thousands of Niu:
222 Taiwan3,824
17,092 United States1,928
Countries with millions of Niu:
118 China1,610,905
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Niu Namesakes

  • Ah Niu, Singer
  • Alexcia Niumatalolo, Ken Niumatalolo's daughter
  • Juho Niukkanen, Finnish Politician
  • Jing Niu, Film director
  • Ah Niu, Singer
  • Nolen Niu, Industrial designer
  • Juho Niukkanen, Finnish Politician
  • Simi Niumatalolo, Ken Niumatalolo's father
  • Doze Niu, Actor
  • Tian Niu, Actor
  • Hao-lin Niu played the crucial character of Peter Guo Weili in 2014 0 flick Jin men san shao ye.
  • In 1980 musical, romance movie, Jin zhi yu ye, Fang-Yu Niu characterized The Empress.

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