The LIAO surname in the USA

Frequency Comparisons
	Total	Rank	Frequency %	Per million people
United States
United States (Current snapshot)	5,771	5534	0.002	21
United States (1880 census)	-1	116454	0	0
Change since 1880	+5772	+110920	+N/A	+N/A
Other Countries
Australia	392	4040	0.002	24
United Kingdom	0			0

Top States for LIAO by Total
State	Total	Rank in State	Frequency %	Per million people
California	2,464	1235	0.007	73
New York	875	1971	0.005	46
New Jersey	314	2841	0.004	37
Texas	306	6042	0.001	15
Washington	203	3428	0.003	34
Top States for LIAO by Frequency
State	Total	Rank in State	Frequency %	Per million people
California	2,464	1235	0.007	73
New York	875	1971	0.005	46
New Jersey	314	2841	0.004	37
Washington	203	3428	0.003	34
Hawaii	40	2553	0.003	33

Notes

Total is the total number of people with that surname.
Rank is the position in the list of names ordered by total (eg, a rank of 1 means that it's the most common name, and a rank of 10 means it's the tenth most common, etc).
Frequency is the percentage of people with that surname.
Per million people is the number of people with that surname per million of the population.

'A figure of zero indicates that we don't have data for this name (usually because it's quite uncommon and our stats don't go down that far). It doesn't mean that there's no-one with that name at all!

For less common surnames, the figures get progressively less reliable the fewer holders of that name there are. This data is aggregated from several public lists, and some stats are interpolated from known values. The margin of error is well over 100% at the rarest end of the table!

For less common surnames, the frequency and "per million" values may be 0 even though there are people with that name. That's because they represent less than one in a million of the population, which ends up as 0 after rounding.

It's possible for a surname to gain in rank and/or total while being less common per million people (or vice versa) as there are now more surnames in the USA as a result of immigration. In mathematical terms, the tail has got longer, with a far larger number of less common surnames.

Figures for top states show firstly the states where most people called LIAO live. This obviously tends to be biased towards the most populous states. The second set of figures show where people called LIAO represent the biggest proportion of the population. So, in this case, there are more people called LIAO in California than any other state, but you are more likely to find a LIAO by picking someone at random in California than anywhere else.

Classification and Origin of LIAO

Region of origin: Asia

Country of origin: China

Language of origin: Chinese

Data for religion and/or language relates to the culture in which the LIAO surname originated. It does not necessarily have any correlation with the language spoken, or religion practised, by the majority of current American citizens with that name.

Ethnic distribution of LIAO in the USA

Classification	Total	Percent
Mixed Race	97	1.68
White (Caucasian)	90	1.56
White (Hispanic)	41	0.71
Asian/Pacific	5,537	95.95
Black/African American	Less than 100	Insignificant
Native American/Alaskan	Less than 100	Insignificant

Ethnic distribution data shows the number and percentage of people with the LIAO surname who reported their ethnic background as being in these broad categories in the most recent national census.

Similar names to LIAO

The following names have similar spellings or pronunciations as LIAO.

This does not necessarily imply a direct relationship between the names, but may indicate names that could be mistaken for this one when written down or misheard.