Yiu is used as a family name or surname in Hong Kong. It is 3 characters long in length.

Family Name / Last Name: Yiu
No. of characters: 3
Origin: Hong Kong
Meaning: Currently, no meaning found for Yiu

How popular is Yiu?

Yiu is common in Hong Kong.

Yiu is ranked 4368 on our list.

As per 2010 US census, number of Yius grew by 16.04396 per cent to 1056 since 2000 and ranked 23899 after elevating 1604 spots. The last name was found in around 4 per 1 million population. Please refer to following table for race and ethnicity.

Race 2010 2000
Asian and Native Hawaiian
& Other Pacific Islander		 96.69 95.49
Others 1.7 2.09
White 1.33 1.76
Yiu is quite popular family name mostly used in China while Hong Kong is ahead in terms of density. Around 124765 people have been found who wears Yiu as their family name. Yiu is used widely across the globe. More detailed information can be found below:
RankCountryCount
Countries with very very low frequency i.e., 1 - 10:
6,940 Japan8
918,840 India5
8,411 Costa Rica4
108,034 Italy3
2,720 South Korea3
65,594 Belgium2
12,745 Luxembourg1
174,544 Czech Republic1
15,705 Cameroon1
24,771 Colombia1
6,688 Malawi1
6,149 Ethiopia1
120,357 Argentina1
77,122 Sweden1
17,768 Pakistan1
573 Vanuatu1
83,428 United Arab Emirates1
24,176 Qatar1
Countries with very low frequency i.e., 10 - 50:
49,393 Netherlands35
20,103 Norway33
14,963 Scotland26
3,873 Thailand24
11,387 Ireland22
277,692 Indonesia21
406,964 Russia14
Countries with low frequency i.e., 50 - 100:
56,973 South Africa73
10,776 New Zealand62
19,965 Switzerland54
Countries with hundreds of Yiu:
3,857 Malaysia607
7,087 Australia407
1,305 Singapore337
19,430 England274
272 Macau242
50,182 Germany202
57,437 France171
Countries with thousands of Yiu:
285 Taiwan2,318
20,567 United States1,557
10,521 Philippines1,418
4,113 Canada1,108
Countries with ten thousands of Yiu:
352 China93,171
59 Hong Kong22,552
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Yiu Namesakes

  • Claire Yiu, Actress
  • So Yiu Man, Soccer player
  • Tai Yiu Ming, Actor
  • Wong Yiu Fu, Soccer player
  • Claire Yiu, Actress
  • Leung Yiu-chung, Legislator
  • Lam Yiu Gwai, Martial Artist
  • Poon Yiu Cheuk, Soccer player
  • David Lee Kwong Yiu, Film director
  • Lai Yiu-fai, Cinematographer

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