Miáo (surname) explained

Miáo (surname) should not be confused with Miao (surname 缪).

Miáo (苗) is a Chinese language surname. In 2013 it was counted as the 157th most common surname with 1 million people sharing the name or 0.075% of the total population, the province with the largest population of people with the name is Henan.^[1] It is the 53rd name on the Hundred Family Surnames poem.^[2]

Notable people

• Nora Miao (stagename, Chinese: 苗可秀, born 陳詠憫 1952), Hong Kong actress
• Miao Miao (Chinese: 苗苗; pinyin: Miáo Miao) (born 1981), Australian table tennis player
• Miao Wei (Chinese: 苗圩; born 1955), Chinese politician and business executive
• Vivi Miao (born 1988), also known as Miao Miao, Chinese actress
• Miao Pu (born 1977), Chinese actress
• Michael Miu (born 1958), Hong Kong actor

Notes and References

1. 中国四百大姓 Front Cover, 袁义达, 邱家儒, Beijing Book Co. Inc., Jan 1, 2013
2. K. S. Tom. [1989] (1989). Echoes from Old China: Life, Legends and Lore of the Middle Kingdom. University of Hawaii Press. .