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Yau (surname)

Yau is a surname. It is a romanisation of multiple surnames in Cantonese speaking regions (including Hong Kong) based on different varieties of Chinese, as well as a surname in other cultures.

In the Hausa language and Northern Nigeria, Niger and Ghana culture, the name "Yau" or its variant forms "Ya'u" and Arma Ya'u is a common male name and surname and it is a derivative of the Arabic name Zakariya the father of John the Baptist (Yahya), often used as a shortened form. It's a popular name among the Hausa people and other communities in Northern Nigeria, often used as a first name for boys. The name is pronounced as "YAH-oo".

Among respondents to the 2000 United States census, Yau was the 394th-most common surname among Asian Pacific Americans, and 10,881th-most common overall, with 2,686 bearers (93.9% of whom identified as Asian/Pacific Islander).

Cantonese romanisation of 丘

  • Shing-Tung Yau (; born 1949), Chinese-born American mathematician
  • Stephen Shing-Toung Yau (; born 1952), Hong Kong-born American mathematician, brother of Shing-Tung Yau
  • Algernon Yau (; born 1959), Hong Kong businessperson and politician
  • Alan Yau (; born 1962), Hong Kong-born British restaurateur
  • Yau Kin Wai (; born 1973), Hong Kong football defender

Cantonese romanisation of 邱

  • Yau Leung (; 1941–1997), Hong Kong street photographer
  • Yau Lop Poon (; born 1950), Hong Kong journalist
  • Edward Yau (; born 1960), Hong Kong government official
  • Herman Yau (; born 1961), Hong Kong film director
  • Chingmy Yau (; born 1968), Hong Kong actress
  • Benny Yau (; born 1980), Hong Kong-born Canadian television presenter
  • Yung Yau (), Hong Kong housing studies professor
  • Stanley Yau (), member of Hong Kong boy band Mirror
  • Tiger Yau (), member of Hong Kong boy band Mirror

Cantonese romanisation of å°¤

  • Yau Lit (; 1864–1936), Chinese revolutionary
  • Carrie Yau (; born 1955), Hong Kong government official

Cantonese romanisation of 游

Mandarin romanisation of 姚

Yau is the spelling in Gwoyeu Romatzyh (a less common-system of transcribing Mandarin Chinese) of the surname spelled Yào in the more widespread pinyin system.

  • Horng-Tzer Yau (; born 1959), Taiwanese-born American mathematician
  • John Yau (born 1950), American poet of Chinese descent

Hausa and other African

People with a Hausa surname Yau or Ya'u or Arma Ya'u:

Other

People with a non-Chinese surname Yau, or whose names as written in Chinese characters are not available:

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