The Liu surname
In the 2000 U.S. Census, 47,665 people carried this name — #650 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 5,660 people counted.
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In Switzerland’s population statistics
1,233 people named Liu live in Switzerland.
They live in 23 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Zurich.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere they live today
Swiss Federal Statistical Office (FSO), «Surnames of the permanent resident population by canton», 2025, opendata.swiss · names with fewer than 3 bearers in a canton are not published.
In Belgium’s population register
At least 967 people named Liu live in Belgium.
Statbel only publishes a name in a municipality when five or more people there share it, so the real number is higher. Most of them live in Flemish Brabant.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere they live today
Statbel (Statistics Belgium), family names of the population by municipality, 1 January 2026 — CC BY 4.0.
In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 193 people named Liu.
Most of them — 174 — were born outside France. Those born in France came from 5 départements, most often French Polynesia.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they were born
Fichier des personnes décédées, INSEE — Licence Ouverte 2.0 · deaths recorded in France since 1970, by place of birth.
In Poland’s population register
89 people named Liu have a registered home in Poland.
Of the 1,435 in Poland’s national register, these are the ones with a permanent address on file. They live in 8 of Poland’s 16 voivodeships, most of all in Masovian.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they live today
PESEL register, Ministry of Digital Affairs of Poland (dane.gov.pl) — CC0 · living people by voivodeship of permanent residence, 20 January 2026.
In print
Liu in American newspapers,
1867–1959.
Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 1,106,124 pages in all carry the name.
Who carried it
People named Liu,
with a public archive behind them.
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Emperor Gaozu of Han -25–-19 · ruler -
Emperor Wen of Han -20–-15 · Confucian scholar -
Liu Zhang -19–-17 -
Emperor Jing of Han -18–-14 · ruler -
Emperor Wu of Han -15–-8 · poet
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 156 lives in all are documented under this name.
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