How common is the last name Liu?

127,257 people in the United States have the last name Liu, about 1 in 2,349. It ranks #232 of 156,621 last names in the 2020 Census.

last name

LIU

#232

of 156,621 last names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
127,257
About
1 in 2,349
This common or more
24%
Who bears it

Of the 127,257 people with the last name Liu, 95.3% reported their origin as Asian or Pacific Islander, 2.3% 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.

Either side of Liu

#230 George · 127,488#231 Berry · 127,443#233 Rios · 126,386#234 Matthews · 126,328

Spelled almost the same

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

#154 Li · 165,790#8,282 Lieu · 3,829#20,367 Liou · 1,318#23,439 Lie · 1,118#37,209 Lia · 644#44,906 Lio · 514#78,395 Liau · 263#115,151 Lii · 161

Also a first name

As a first name, Liu ranks #10,230 of 53,615, with 1,313 people. See Liu as a first name

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