Liu Forename
22,411th
Most Common
name in the World
Approximately 39,521 people bear this name
Most prevalent in:
Indonesia
Highest density in:
Macau
Liu Forename Definition:
Liu is a given name of the Ngoni tribe, meaning: a particular voice.
Liu Forename Distribution
| Place | Gender | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Indonesia | 50% | 15,197 | 1:16,975 | 2,419 |
| China | - | 6,333 | 1:215,704 | 17,535 |
| United States | 65% | 3,426 | 1:105,819 | 4,614 |
| Thailand | 53% | 3,350 | 1:20,915 | 2,858 |
| Brazil | 76% | 1,316 | 1:162,793 | 7,774 |
| Taiwan | 57% | 1,218 | 1:19,515 | 3,599 |
| Macau | - | 1,170 | 1:520 | 125 |
| Cambodia | 71% | 1,038 | 1:15,678 | 1,602 |
| Vietnam | 52% | 810 | 1:114,350 | 1,025 |
| Canada | 89% | 806 | 1:41,108 | 2,921 |
| Malaysia | 66% | 785 | 1:38,790 | 3,379 |
| Sri Lanka | - | 358 | 1:58,098 | 5,853 |
| India | 61% | 347 | 1:3,501,089 | 151,162 |
| Pakistan | 75% | 328 | 1:592,554 | 12,810 |
| Singapore | 52% | 270 | 1:23,285 | 4,237 |
| Saudi Arabia | - | 233 | 1:132,243 | 12,172 |
| Hong Kong | - | 201 | 1:38,571 | 2,433 |
| Brunei | - | 186 | 1:2,256 | 230 |
| Australia | - | 166 | 1:82,275 | 3,235 |
| England | 66% | 142 | 1:391,570 | 9,077 |
| Papua New Guinea | 58% | 121 | 1:67,374 | 6,447 |
| France | 60% | 117 | 1:568,123 | 5,777 |
| Russia | 77% | 107 | 1:1,347,979 | 10,418 |
| Ecuador | - | 102 | 1:173,793 | 3,212 |
| Dominican Republic | - | 99 | 1:105,366 | 5,394 |
| Qatar | 81% | 97 | 1:24,429 | 3,465 |
| Japan | - | 86 | 1:1,488,210 | 17,601 |
| Germany | 65% | 80 | 1:1,208,473 | 8,695 |
| Spain | 61% | 68 | 1:684,264 | 7,354 |
| Peru | 50% | 62 | 1:512,765 | 9,044 |
| Netherlands | 50% | 58 | 1:291,415 | 9,256 |
| Venezuela | 80% | 55 | 1:549,125 | 14,314 |
| Mexico | 78% | 49 | 1:2,533,560 | 13,588 |
| Austria | 63% | 46 | 1:185,091 | 2,885 |
| New Zealand | - | 43 | 1:105,489 | 4,359 |
| Jamaica | - | 39 | 1:73,929 | 3,585 |
| Hungary | 76% | 37 | 1:264,642 | 1,254 |
| Italy | 72% | 37 | 1:1,650,327 | 12,248 |
| Sweden | 92% | 30 | 1:328,597 | 9,713 |
| American Samoa | - | 29 | 1:1,926 | 312 |
| Kuwait | - | 28 | 1:135,188 | 8,745 |
| Belarus | 54% | 26 | 1:364,707 | 2,597 |
| Philippines | 89% | 26 | 1:4,077,288 | 74,793 |
| Finland | 56% | 25 | 1:219,327 | 3,602 |
| Belgium | 64% | 20 | 1:574,502 | 8,765 |
| Albania | 97% | 19 | 1:160,346 | 9,208 |
| Ireland | 67% | 18 | 1:257,973 | 4,315 |
| Greece | 60% | 17 | 1:643,209 | 7,655 |
| South Africa | 60% | 16 | 1:3,408,291 | 83,416 |
| Cuba | - | 14 | 1:821,897 | 3,432 |
| South Korea | - | 14 | 1:396,030 | 11,136 |
| Nigeria | 100% | 13 | 1:13,658,797 | 139,235 |
| Uruguay | - | 13 | 1:263,664 | 4,255 |
| Norway | 90% | 12 | 1:427,694 | 8,125 |
| Switzerland | 75% | 12 | 1:684,458 | 9,518 |
| Georgia | 80% | 10 | 1:373,847 | 7,758 |
| Colombia | - | 9 | 1:5,308,770 | 29,121 |
| Poland | 61% | 9 | 1:4,225,235 | 4,388 |
| Denmark | - | 8 | 1:706,187 | 9,598 |
| United Arab Emirates | - | 8 | 1:893,999 | 27,106 |
| Croatia | 80% | 7 | 1:602,439 | 6,285 |
| Guam | - | 7 | 1:22,949 | 2,164 |
| Panama | - | 6 | 1:651,093 | 16,250 |
| Scotland | 100% | 6 | 1:891,728 | 9,103 |
| Slovenia | 100% | 6 | 1:409,793 | 5,154 |
| Kazakhstan | 100% | 5 | 1:3,549,369 | 21,516 |
| Lithuania | - | 5 | 1:590,376 | 2,548 |
| São Tomé and Príncipe | 100% | 5 | 1:38,399 | 2,673 |
| Wales | 64% | 5 | 1:618,862 | 7,373 |
| Algeria | - | 4 | 1:9,544,180 | 14,095 |
| Chile | 75% | 4 | 1:4,401,802 | 21,957 |
| Mali | - | 4 | 1:4,244,439 | 5,329 |
| Mauritius | - | 4 | 1:324,446 | 5,754 |
| Portugal | - | 4 | 1:2,602,716 | 8,189 |
| Sudan | 100% | 4 | 1:9,451,744 | 6,661 |
| Suriname | - | 4 | 1:138,203 | 2,927 |
| Tonga | - | 4 | 1:26,859 | 378 |
| Turkey | - | 4 | 1:19,450,427 | 45,600 |
| Vanuatu | - | 4 | 1:65,448 | 976 |
| Argentina | 100% | 3 | 1:14,257,748 | 23,489 |
| Costa Rica | 67% | 3 | 1:1,589,316 | 14,648 |
| Haiti | - | 3 | 1:3,575,651 | 30,510 |
| Honduras | - | 3 | 1:2,939,156 | 20,066 |
| Kenya | - | 3 | 1:15,435,703 | 51,312 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | - | 3 | 1:453,806 | 18,410 |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | - | 2 | 1:1,762,229 | 6,852 |
| Bulgaria | - | 2 | 1:3,495,195 | 19,668 |
| Senegal | - | 2 | 1:7,290,678 | 24,413 |
| Zambia | - | 2 | 1:7,927,397 | 45,785 |
| Angola | - | 1 | 1:26,966,606 | 7,835 |
| Armenia | - | 1 | 1:2,918,753 | 14,910 |
| Azerbaijan | 100% | 1 | 1:9,642,944 | 42,290 |
| Belize | - | 1 | 1:354,309 | 7,663 |
| Benin | - | 1 | 1:10,575,843 | 90,010 |
| Bolivia | - | 1 | 1:10,601,404 | 9,299 |
| Cameroon | - | 1 | 1:21,610,503 | 119,836 |
| Cyprus | - | 1 | 1:871,076 | 5,368 |
| Czechia | 59% | 1 | 1:10,656,162 | 11,509 |
| DR Congo | 100% | 1 | 1:73,827,605 | 146,761 |
| Egypt | - | 1 | 1:91,900,946 | 53,283 |
| El Salvador | - | 1 | 1:6,341,786 | 16,428 |
| Eritrea | - | 1 | 1:4,752,977 | 997 |
| Estonia | - | 1 | 1:1,315,380 | 8,883 |
| Ethiopia | - | 1 | 1:97,560,133 | 29,608 |
| Falkland Islands | - | 1 | 1:3,142 | 392 |
| French Polynesia | - | 1 | 1:277,902 | 3,605 |
| Ghana | - | 1 | 1:26,986,216 | 13,521 |
| Guatemala | - | 1 | 1:16,108,429 | 13,998 |
| Iceland | - | 1 | 1:366,017 | 7,938 |
| Iraq | - | 1 | 1:35,017,859 | 22,933 |
| Israel | 100% | 1 | 1:8,402,918 | 45,019 |
| Kyrgyzstan | 100% | 1 | 1:5,973,277 | 46,622 |
| Lebanon | - | 1 | 1:5,627,571 | 19,299 |
| Liberia | 100% | 1 | 1:4,412,061 | 36,340 |
| Luxembourg | 100% | 1 | 1:564,049 | 5,042 |
| Madagascar | - | 1 | 1:23,629,408 | 6,628 |
| Malawi | - | 1 | 1:17,112,310 | 24,110 |
| Maldives | - | 1 | 1:433,903 | 5,827 |
| Moldova | - | 1 | 1:3,561,139 | 8,690 |
| Monaco | - | 1 | 1:38,466 | 2,379 |
| Morocco | - | 1 | 1:34,348,636 | 18,260 |
| Myanmar | - | 1 | 1:51,948,273 | 3,226 |
| Nicaragua | - | 1 | 1:6,018,336 | 34,175 |
| Samoa | - | 1 | 1:195,190 | 1,348 |
| Serbia | 100% | 1 | 1:7,145,721 | 10,629 |
| Seychelles | - | 1 | 1:92,670 | 1,891 |
| Slovakia | - | 1 | 1:5,310,063 | 9,949 |
| Tanzania | - | 1 | 1:52,788,319 | 85,066 |
| Tunisia | - | 1 | 1:676,902 | 12,933 |
| Turkmenistan | - | 1 | 1:5,472,870 | 3,925 |
| Uganda | 100% | 1 | 1:40,956,920 | 131,348 |
| Uzbekistan | - | 1 | 1:30,786,440 | 17,476 |
| Yemen | - | 1 | 1:26,296,751 | 14,474 |
Liu (74,139,464) may also be a surname.
Liu Forename Meaning
From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history
Liu is a given name of the Ngoni tribe, meaning: a particular voice.
— The Names of Zambia (2019) by Simboma Mubita Lukama
Liu Forename Popularity
Liu Demographics
Average Male Liu Height
171.66 cm
Average male height (US):
175.3 cm
Sample size: 439 (2014)
Average Female Liu Height
166.35 cm
Average female height (US):
161.5 cm
Sample size: 23 (2014)
Sample is predominantly from Anglosphere countries
Phonetically Similar Names
| Forename | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Liau | 86 | 6,813 | / |
| Lius | 86 | 4,533 | / |
| Liut | 86 | 143 | / |
| Liuz | 86 | 89 | / |
| Liud | 86 | 63 | / |
| Liup | 86 | 24 | / |
| Liuy | 86 | 13 | / |
| Lliu | 86 | 9 | / |
| Liux | 86 | 6 | / |
| Hliu | 86 | 6 | / |
| Gliu | 86 | 3 | / |
| Liuj | 86 | 2 | / |
| Liui | 86 | 1 | / |
| Liuá | 86 | 1 | / |
| Lu | 80 | 170,717 | / |
| Liush | 75 | 97 | / |
| Liusė | 75 | 46 | / |
| Liuis | 75 | 32 | / |
| Liaut | 75 | 7 | / |
| Liaus | 75 | 6 | / |
| Liuuy | 75 | 5 | / |
| Llius | 75 | 4 | / |
| Liutt | 75 | 3 | / |
| Glilu | 75 | 2 | / |
| Liuit | 75 | 2 | / |
| Liuzz | 75 | 2 | / |
| Liuiz | 75 | 2 | / |
| Glieu | 75 | 1 | / |
| Liuys | 75 | 1 | / |
| Hgliu | 75 | 1 | / |
| Hlliu | 75 | 1 | / |
| Liujd | 75 | 1 | / |
| Luz | 67 | 2,552,166 | / |
| Lou | 67 | 536,805 | / |
| Luh | 67 | 66,870 | / |
| Luu | 67 | 56,254 | / |
| Lau | 67 | 22,725 | / |
| Lui | 67 | 14,175 | / |
| Lut | 67 | 13,124 | / |
| Lus | 67 | 9,252 | / |
| Luy | 67 | 6,504 | / |
| Lux | 67 | 4,151 | / |
| Lud | 67 | 1,671 | / |
| Leu | 67 | 1,579 | / |
| Lup | 67 | 1,307 | / |
| Lyu | 67 | 876 | / |
| Luj | 67 | 185 | / |
| Llu | 67 | 124 | / |
| Lhu | 67 | 47 | / |
| Hlu | 67 | 26 | / |
| Lgu | 67 | 16 | / |
| Luí | 67 | 10 | / |
| Luá | 67 | 6 | / |
| Glilui | 67 | 3 | / |
| Luì | 67 | 2 | / |
| Lói | 67 | 2 | / |
| Luç | 67 | 1 | / |
| Glilou | 67 | 1 | / |
| Gliouh | 67 | 1 | / |
| Liohou | 67 | 1 | / |
| Liuish | 67 | 1 | / |
| Liuith | 67 | 1 | / |
| Glileu | 67 | 1 | / |
| Luë | 67 | 1 | / |
Liu Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Liu in the Russian language | ||
| Лиу | liu | - |
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Footnotes
- First names are taken from the first part of an person's personal name. That is, not their inherited name(s), i.e. their surname(s). The first name includes particles, but not middle names
- Descriptions may contain details on the name's etymology, origin, ethnicity and history. They are largely reproduced from 3rd party sources; diligence is advised on accepting their validity - more information
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- Rank: Name are ranked by incidence using the ordinal ranking method; the name that occurs the most is assigned a rank of 1; name that occur less frequently receive an incremented rank; if two or more name occur the same number of times they are assigned the same rank and successive rank is incremented by the total preceeding names
- Ethnic group cannot necessarily be determined by geographic occurrence
- Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Liu