Niu () is a Chinese family name. It was listed 310th on the Song dynasty list of the Hundred Family Surnames. It means "ox". According to a 2013 study it was the 103rd most common surname at the time, shared by 2.20 million people, or 0.150% of the total population, with the province with the most being Henan.
Prominent people with family name çÂÂ
- Consort Niu (çÂÂæÂÂ容), a concubine said to be a power behind the throne after Tang emperor Shunzong suffered a stroke.
- Niu Ben (çÂÂçÂÂ), stage name of Chinese actor Zhang Xuejing.
- Niu Fu (çÂÂè¾Â
), general during the late Han dynasty and Three Kingdoms period.
- Niu Guannan (çÂÂå ç·), Chinese water polo player.
- Niu Huijun (çÂÂæ åÂÂ), international football referee.
- Niu Jianfeng (çÂÂÃ¥ÂÂéÂÂ), Chinese bronze medallist in table tennis at the 2004 Athens Olympics.
- Niu Junfeng (çÂÂéªÂå³°), Chinese actor.
- Niu Jin (çÂÂéÂÂ), general during the late Han dynasty and Three Kingdoms period.
- Niu Lijie (çÂÂ丽æ°), former Chinese women's national football team member.
- Rong Niu or Red Panda (born 1970/1971), Chinese American acrobat
- Niu Sengru (çÂÂå§åº), chancellor for Tang emperors Muzong, Jingzong and Wenzong.
- Niu Weiyu (çÂÂçÂÂäºÂ), Chinese photojournalist and head of the Xinhua News Agency.
- Niu Xianke (çÂÂä»Â客), chancellor for Tang emperor Xuanzong.
- Niu Yingzhen, poet
- Niu Zhiyuan (çÂÂå¿Âè¿Â), Chinese sport shooter who competed in the 2000 Summer Olympics.
- Niu Zhizhong (çÂÂå¿Âå¿ ), member of China's 18th Central Committee from 2012, expelled from the Party in 2016.
- Niu Zhuang (çÂÂ壮), Chinese former professional snooker player.
- Thomas Niu Huiqing (çÂÂä¼Âå¿), Chinese Catholic bishop.
- Yuh-Line Niou (çÂÂæ¯Âç³), New York State Assembly member
- Zhisheng Niu (çÂÂå¿ÂÃ¥ÂÂ), electrical engineering professor.
- Niu Chiao
- Niu Lizhi
See also