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.
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).[1]
Cantonese romanisation of 丘[edit]
- Shing-Tung Yau (丘成桐; born 1949), Chinese-born American mathematician
- Stephen Shing-Toung Yau (丘成栋; born 1952), Hong Kong-born American mathematician, brother of Shing-Tung Yau
- Algernon Yau (丘應樺; born 1959), Hong Kong businessperson and polictican
- Alan Yau (丘德威; born 1962), Hong Kong-born British restaurateur
- Yau Kin Wai (丘健威; born 1973), Hong Kong football defender
Cantonese romanisation of 邱[edit]
- Yau Leung (邱良; 1941–1997), Hong Kong street photographer
- Yau Lop Poon (邱立本; born 1950), Hong Kong journalist
- Edward Yau (邱騰華; born 1960), Hong Kong government official
- Herman Yau (邱禮濤; born 1961), Hong Kong film director
- Chingmy Yau (邱淑貞; born 1968), Hong Kong actress
- Benny Yau (邱穟恆; born 1980), Hong Kong-born Canadian television presenter
- Johnny Yau (邱仲凌), Hong Kong television businessman
- Yung Yau (邱勇), Hong Kong housing studies professor
- Stanley Yau (邱士縉), member of Hong Kong boy band MIRROR
- Tiger Yau (邱傲然), member of Hong Kong boy band MIRROR
- Vivian Yau (邱凯琳),British Chinese activist
Cantonese romanisation of 尤[edit]
- Yau Lit (尢列; 1864–1936), Chinese revolutionary
- Carrie Yau (尤曾家麗; born 1955), Hong Kong government official
Cantonese romanisation of 游[edit]
- King-Wai Yau (游景威; born 1948), Chinese-born American neuroscientist
- Patrick Yau (游達志; born 1964), Hong Kong film director
- Yau Nai-hoi (游乃海; born 1968), Hong Kong screenwriter
- Yau Kam Leung (游錦良; born 1985), Hong Kong football defender
- Neo Yau (游學修; born 1990), Hong Kong actor
- Yau Wai-ching (游蕙禎; born 1991), Hong Kong politician
Mandarin romanisation of 姚[edit]
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 (姚鴻澤; born 1959), Taiwanese-born American mathematician
- John Yau (born 1950), American poet of Chinese descent
Other[edit]
People with a non-Chinese surname Yau, or whose names as written in Chinese characters are not available:
- Sahabi Alhaji Yaú (born 1956), Nigerian politician
- Yairo Yau (born 1989), Panamanian footballer
- Stephen Sik-Sang Yau, American computer scientist
- David Yau Yau, South Sudanese government administrator and former insurrectionist leader
References[edit]
- ^ "Most common last names for Asians and Pacific Islanders in the U.S." Mongabay. Retrieved 8 January 2018.
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