Shiaw
given name · Latin script
Recorded for both men and women· direction only, no split published
Shiaw is a given name written in the Latin script, with more bearers in China than in any other country. In Hong Kong it is the 74th most common surname.
- CNChina≈1 in 239as Zhou(inferred from the name graph)
- HKHong Kong≈1 in 1.5Kas Zhou
- SGSingapore≈1 in 2.8Kas Zhou
carrying the name, as counted by its national register where one exists and as Mondonomo estimates it elsewhere (marked ≈ and "est." on hover). Where a country counts another spelling of the name rather than Shiaw itself, the figure is that spelling’s, and it is named. One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.
- China (inferred from the name graph)
- 5 (measured from records)
- Sources
- 392 (measured from records)
- ≈1 in 239 (inferred from the name graph)
≈5,800,000 named Zhou, est.
recorded for this name
Highest-authority source
China, est., as Zhou
measured from records inferred from the name graph
Spellings & scripts(measured from records)
Locally spelled Zhou in US United States, CN China, AU Australia and 5 more.
Spellings marked ● are how people bearing the name write it in our records, and ○ marks a model's transliteration; click a spelling to open its page.
Meaning & origin
No verified etymology recorded for this name yet — the entries below are drawn from usage statistics and the name graph.
Where in the world(measured from records)
Shiaw counted together with the spellings and other-language forms grouped with it. Where a register counted another spelling, the row names it.
Sorted by bearers: national registers' counts, and Mondonomo's estimates (≈, est.) where no register counts.
| Country | Most common spelling | Sources | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CN China | #288 | ≈5,800,000 est. | ≈1 in 239 | — | Zhou | 221 |
| US United States | #712 | 32,982as Cheng | 1 in 10K | 39K | Zhou | 392 |
| ES Spain | — | 8,165as Zhou | 1 in 6.1K | 8.2K | Zhou | 95 |
| AU Australia | #109 | ≈8,000 est. | ≈1 in 3.2K | 1 | Zhou | 219 |
| MY Malaysia | #554 | ≈6,600 est. | ≈1 in 4.9K | — | Zhou | 49 |
| TW Taiwan | #285 | ≈6,200 est. | ≈1 in 3.8K | — | Zhou | 95 |
| HK Hong Kong | #74 | ≈4,800 est. | ≈1 in 1.5K | — | Zhou | 91 |
| SG Singapore | #76 | ≈2,300 est. | ≈1 in 2.8K | — | Zhou | 100 |
Exact figures are national registers' own counts, while figures marked ≈ and est. are Mondonomo’s estimates, counted from our sources and calibrated against those registers; hover one for how far to trust it in that country. A dash means neither exists.
Registers cited: Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2010; Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2020; SA BDM — Popular baby names South Australia (1944–present); INE — Padrón per-token widgets (current living counts, given + apellidos); INE — Apellidos más frecuentes (Padrón Municipal). Figures without a register are Mondonomo estimates; see Methodology.
Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table (how that works).
Evidence(measured from records)
No register attests this spelling yet
Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.
Frequently asked questions
- Is Shiaw a male or female name?
- Shiaw is recorded for both men and women. We don't publish a percentage split: a record's gender belongs to the person and is attached to every given name on that record, so names in cultures where a name string also carries a parent's or spouse's given name pick up large cross-gender counts.
- In which country does Shiaw have the most bearers?
- Mondonomo estimates about 5.8 million people named Zhou in China, more than in any other country we hold.
- How common is the name Shiaw?
- In the United States, the national register counted 32,982 people named Cheng in 2010, about 1 in 10 thousand residents.
- How common is Shiaw compared with other names?
- In China, Shiaw is the 288th most common surname of 142,871 surnames recorded there.
What do you want to know about Shiaw?
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Query this name via API
curl -H "X-API-Key: YOUR_KEY" https://api.mondonomo.ai/api/v1/name-graph/shiawThe same payload this page is built from: spellings and scripts, countries and languages, related names, and the registers that attest the form. It takes a free API key (1,000 requests a day), and bulk access is licensed separately.
About this data
measured from records inferred from the name graph machine-generated
These figures come from the data snapshot of and will change as it is rebuilt.
Statistics are aggregated from the Mondonomo name corpus; related names and etymology are inferred from the name graph; pronunciation and any machine-marked transliterations are model-generated. Read how the numbers are made, including their known failure modes, and where the data comes from.
Reference works we consult — surname dictionaries, official name registers, Wikidata and Wiktionary — are named directly, beside the claims they support. The per-country source counts also include datasets of person records: we publish how many there are and their authority tier, but not their names.
Cite this page Mondonomo, “Shiaw” — the 288th most common surname in China. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.