Chinese surnames

牛

niú · Niu

Order in the Hundred Family Surnames
No. 308
Ancestral seat (junwang)
陇西
Wikidata
Q4328445

In other languages

  • German Niu
  • English Niu
  • Spanish Niu
  • French Niu
  • Korean 뉴
  • Russian Ню
  • Vietnamese Ngưu (họ)

Notable historical bearers

Deceased people recorded in Wikidata with this family name, ordered by how many Wikipedias cover them.

  • Niu Fu101 – 192

    Chinese military general (died 192)

  • Niu Sengru780 – 849

    chancellor of Tang Dynasty

  • Niu Jin

    3rd century Chinese general serving warlord Cao Cao

  • Thomas Niu Hui-qing1895 – 1973

    Chinese Catholic priest

  • Wolong Sheng1930 – 1997

    Chinese writer (1930–1997)

  • Ma Hong1920 – 2007

    Chinese economist (1920-2007)

  • Niu Xianke675 – 742

    General and chancellor of Tang Dynasty (675-742)

  • Niu Gao1086 – 1147

    Song dynasty general

  • Niu Jinxing? – 1652

    Ming dynasty rebel (died 1652)

  • Niu Hong545 – 610

    Sui dynasty person CBDB = 32044

  • Niu Jian1785 – 1858

    Qing dynasty politician

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Sources: the Hundred Family Surnames (public domain) with ancestral seats from the chinese-poetry dataset (MIT); spellings and people from Wikidata (CC0).