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Worldwide, Ляо (Liao , Lahaut , Ляо ) is quite a rare epicene forename. The given name Ляо is characteristic of Aruba, where it is quite a common male name, Taiwan, where it is quite a rare unisex name, and Hong Kong. Not in comparison with a country's population, it most frequently occurs in China, Taiwan, and Brazil. Much more frequently, Ляо is the last name as well as the forename.
Ляо is also a name for the fictitious and mythical characters: .