Siau
surname · Latin script
Meaning, in Malay: a surname from Hakka
Recorded as a female name· opposite-gender records fall within measured source noise
/sioʊ/(machine-generated) pronunciation, model-generated
Siau is a surname written in the Latin script, with more bearers in Malaysia than in any other country.
- MYMalaysia≈1 in 11K(inferred from the name graph)
- USUnited States1 in 1.5M
- SGSingapore≈1 in 30K
carrying the name, as counted by its national register where one exists and as Mondonomo estimates it elsewhere (marked ≈ and "est." on hover). One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.
- Malaysia (inferred from the name graph)
- Sources
- 126 (measured from records)
- ≈1 in 11K (inferred from the name graph)
≈3,000 people, est.
Highest-authority source
Malaysia, est.
measured from records inferred from the name graph
Meaning & origin(measured from records)
a surname from Hakka
Sources 1
- kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
How Siau is read(measured from records)
Siau is one spelling over 3 language communities, and the dictionaries record it differently in 2 of them. Each row is what a source recorded for that language, beside the share of this name’s records the language holds. No single row is the name’s meaning.
- English47%
No dictionary in our sources glosses Siau in English.
- Malay27%
a surname from Hakka
as a wordrecorded as Indonesiankaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
- French8.8%
bucket, pail
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
The share is ours — how much of this name’s records each language holds. The sense beside it is the source’s, quoted and credited, including where it names a gender. We do not publish a gender of our own per language: our records carry one figure for the spelling as a whole.
Where in the world(measured from records)
Siau 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 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| MY Malaysia | — | ≈3,000 est. | ≈1 in 11K | — | Siau | 49 |
| US United States | — | 215 | 1 in 1.5M | 243 | Siau | 126 |
| SG Singapore | — | ≈210 est. | ≈1 in 30K | — | Siau | 43 |
| FR France | — | ≈200 est. | ≈1 in 337K | 24 | — | — |
| BE Belgium | — | 191 | 1 in 61K | 191 | Siau | 15 |
| NZ New Zealand | — | ≈12 est. | ≈1 in 401K | — | Siau | 15 |
| GD Grenada | #207 | — | — | — | Siau | 1 |
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; Familienaam.be — Belgian family-name frequency (population register); INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000). 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).
Other recorded senses(measured from records)
Siau is also recorded in 4 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.
In Akan, V. [red. siansian] 1. to be or become sloping; bepgw yi gian kurohkuron, this mountain descends steeply, p^-ecipitottsly
as a wordDictionary of the Asante and Fante Language called Tshi (Chwee, Twi)
In Catalan, second-person plural present subjunctive of ser
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
In got, romanization of 𐍃𐌹𐌰𐌿
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
In wuu, Saltpetre
as a wordA Vocabulary of the Shanghai Dialect
Ordered by how much of this spelling's record each language holds, so a sense from a language the name is barely used in sits last rather than first.
Notable people with this name(measured from records)
- Xiao Zhangmaob. 458not in their usual nameLiu Song Dynasty crown prince
- Liang Wudib. 464CNnot in their usual nameFounding Liang emperor from 502 to 549
- Yum-Tong Siub. 1943USnot in their usual nameChinese mathematician
- Anna Suib. 1964USnot in their usual nameAmerican fashion designer (born 1964)
- Hsiao Bi-khimb. 1971TWnot in their usual nameVice President of Taiwan since 2024
- Edwin Siub. 1977CNnot in their usual nameHong Kong actor and singer
- Elva Hsiaob. 1979TWnot in their usual nameTaiwanese singer (born 1979)
- Jona Xiaob. 1989CNnot in their usual nameChinese actress
- Xiao Jiaruixuanb. 2002CNnot in their usual nameChinese sport shooter
- Rita HsiaoUSnot in their usual nameAmerican screenwriter
The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).
How to address them(machine-generated)
Evidence(measured from records)
Attested in 16 sources across 9 countries.
| Country | Register | Year | Count | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2020 | 2020 | 243 | #83,373 |
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2010 | 2010 | 215 | #86,645 |
| BE Belgium | Familienaam.be — Belgian family-name frequency (population register) | 2008 | 191 | #8,806 |
| BE Belgium | Statbel — Noms de famille (family names) | — | 184 | #9,831 |
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2000 | 2000 | 182 | #93,427 |
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) | 1921 | 35 | — |
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) | 1891 | 31 | — |
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) | 1901 | 29 | — |
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) | 1941 | 28 | — |
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) | 1911 | 28 | — |
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) | 1951 | 27 | — |
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) | 1961 | 25 | — |
Reference works 2
- Nederlandse FamilienamenBank (Dutch surname bank; ex-Meertens Instituut, now CBG)2007
- Wikidata name items (native-script + romanized given/family names)
These works list the name; their figures are licensed and are not reproduced here.
Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.
Frequently asked questions
- What does the name Siau mean, and where does it come from?
- a surname from Hakka Recorded by kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations).
- How do you pronounce Siau?
- A machine transcription gives /sioʊ/ (IPA) for English.
- In which country does Siau have the most bearers?
- Mondonomo estimates about 3.0 thousand people named Siau in Malaysia, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled siau.
- How common is the name Siau?
- In the United States, the national register counted 215 people named Siau in 2010, about 1 in 1.5 million residents.
- How common is Siau compared with other names?
- In Grenada, Siau is the 207th most common surname of 3,427 surnames recorded there.
What do you want to know about Siau?
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Query this name via API
curl -H "X-API-Key: YOUR_KEY" https://api.mondonomo.ai/api/v1/name-graph/siauThe 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), which returns what this page shows everyone; the full country table, every register citation and the year-by-year series come with a licensed key, as does bulk access.
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, “Siau” — the 207th most common surname in Grenada. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.