Shiau is used as a family name or surname in Taiwan. It is 5 characters long in length.

Family Name / Last Name: Shiau
No. of characters: 5
Origin: Taiwan
Meaning: Currently, no meaning found for Shiau

How popular is Shiau?

Shiau is common in Taiwan.

Shiau is ranked 47996 on our list.

As per 2010 US census, number of Shiaus grew by 13.67781 per cent to 374 since 2000 and ranked 54990 after elevating 2859 spots. The last name was found in around 1 per 1 million population. Please refer to following table for race and ethnicity.

Race 2010 2000
Asian and Native Hawaiian
& Other Pacific Islander		 96.52 97.26
Others 2.14 0
Shiau is quite popular last name mostly concentrated in Taiwan which signifies that it is originated from Taiwan. Around 9954 people have been found who wears Shiau as their family name. Shiau is used widely across the globe. More detailed information can be found below:
RankCountryCount
Countries with very very low frequency i.e., 1 - 10:
4,689 Maldives2
219,873 France2
201,317 England2
151,601 Spain1
15,162 Costa Rica1
83,428 United Arab Emirates1
81,201 Switzerland1
58,885 Poland1
118,015 Netherlands1
49,529 Israel1
1,704,541 India1
Countries with very low frequency i.e., 10 - 50:
4,813 Hong Kong47
93,878 Canada28
3,114 China14
109,551 Australia13
Countries with hundreds of Shiau:
2,750 Malaysia936
46,994 United States573
3,353 Singapore101
Countries with thousands of Shiau:
143 Taiwan8,228

Shiau Namesakes

  • Daren Shiau, Novelist
  • Quek Suan Shiau, Sumiko Tan's husband

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