Niu (surname)
Niu is a Chinese family name. It 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, a concubine said to be a power behind the throne after Tang emperor Shunzong suffered a stroke.
- Niu Ben, stage name of Chinese actor Zhang Xuejing.
- Niu Fu, general during the late Han dynasty and Three Kingdoms period.
- Niu Guannan, Chinese water polo player.
- Niu Huijun, international football referee.
- Niu Jianfeng, Chinese bronze medallist in table tennis at the 2004 Athens Olympics.
- Niu Junfeng, Chinese actor.
- Niu Jin, general during the late Han dynasty and Three Kingdoms period.
- Niu Lijie, former Chinese women's national football team member.
- Rong Niu or Red Panda, Chinese American acrobat
- Niu Sengru, chancellor for Tang emperors Muzong, Jingzong and Wenzong.
- Niu Weiyu, Chinese photojournalist and head of the Xinhua News Agency.
- Niu Xianke, chancellor for Tang emperor Xuanzong.
- Niu Yingzhen, poet
- Niu Zhiyuan, Chinese sport shooter who competed in the 2000 Summer Olympics.
- Niu Zhizhong, member of China's 18th Central Committee from 2012, expelled from the Party in 2016.
- Niu Zhuang, Chinese former professional snooker player.
- Thomas Niu Huiqing, Chinese Catholic bishop.
- Yuh-Line Niou, New York State Assembly member
- Zhisheng Niu, electrical engineering professor.
- Niu Chiao
- Niu Lizhi