Niu (surname)

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Niu (Chinese: 牛; pinyin: Niú) is a Chinese family name 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 牛[]

• Consort Niu (牛昭容), a concubine said to be a power behind the throne after Tang emperor Shunzong suffered a stroke.
• Niu Ben (牛犇), stage name of Chinese actor Zhang Xuejing.
• Niu Fu (牛辅), general during the late Han Dynasty and Three Kingdoms period.
• Niu Guannan (牛冠男), Chinese water polo player.
• Niu Huijun (牛惠君), international football referee.
• Niu Jianfeng (牛剑锋), Chinese bronze medallist in table tennis at the 2004 Athens Olympics.
• Niu Junfeng (牛骏峰), Chinese actor.
• Niu Jin (牛金), general during the late Han Dynasty and Three Kingdoms period.
• Niu Lijie (牛丽杰), former Chinese women's national football team member.
• Niu Sengru (牛僧孺), chancellor for Tang emperors Muzong, Jingzong and Wenzong.
• Niu Weiyu (牛畏予), Chinese photojournalist and head of the Xinhua News Agency.
• Niu Xianke (牛仙客), chancellor for Tang emperor Xuanzong.
• Niu Yingzhen, poet
• Niu Zhiyuan (牛志远), Chinese sport shooter who competed in the 2000 Summer Olympics.
• Niu Zhizhong (牛志忠), member of China's 18th Central Committee from 2012, expelled from the Party in 2016.
• Niu Zhuang (牛壮), Chinese former professional snooker player.
• Thomas Niu Huiqing (牛会卿), Chinese Catholic bishop.
• Zhisheng Niu (牛志升), electrical engineering professor.
• Niu Chiao
• Niu Lizhi

See also[]

• All pages with titles beginning with Niu
• All pages with titles containing Niu
• Niu (surname)

Surname list

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