Yau (surname)


Yau is a surname. It is a romanisation of multiple surnames in Hong Kong as well as other Cantonese speaking regions, 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.

Cantonese romanisation of 丘

Yau is the spelling in Gwoyeu Romatzyh of the surname spelled Yào in the more widespread pinyin system.
People with a non-Chinese surname Yau, or whose names as written in Chinese characters are not available: