How rare is the last name Liao?

11,224 people in the United States have the last name Liao, about 1 in 26,630. It ranks #3,131 of 156,621 last names in the 2020 Census, tied with 1 other.

last name

LIAO

#3,131

of 156,621 last names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
11,224
About
1 in 26,630
This common or more
53.1%
Who bears it

Of the 11,224 people with the last name Liao, 95.6% reported their origin as Asian or Pacific Islander, 2% as White and 1.4% as two or more races. These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Exactly as common as Liao

1 other last name also has 11,224 people.

#3,131 Ramon · 11,224

Either side of Liao

#3,129 Cardoso · 11,227#3,130 Bair · 11,226#3,131 Ramon · 11,224#3,133 Zook · 11,222

Spelled almost the same

4 last names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Liao, most common first.

#37,209 Lia · 644#39,885 Liaw · 594#44,906 Lio · 514#78,395 Liau · 263

Also a first name

As a first name, Liao ranks #53,603 of 53,615, with 94 people. See Liao as a first name

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