Liu
Liu is a Chinese family name. Since the English transliteration depicts several chinese characters, liu represents family names with the following chinese chracaters.
Prominent Liu's in their respective times, sorted chronologically:
Prominent Liu's in their respective times, sorted chronologically:
This family name is extremely popular. They were the ruling family of the Han Dynasty, the Shu Kingdom[?] in the Period of the Three Kingdoms, the Han Zhao Kingdom[?] and the Xia Kingdom[?] in the Period of the Sixteen Kingdoms[?], the Song Dynasty of the Southern Dynasties, the Later Han Dynasty[?] and the Northern Han Kingdom[?] and the Southern Han Kingdom[?] of the Period of the Five Dynasties and the Ten Kingdoms.
In Cantonese transliteration, Liu is another Chinese name (廖 pinyin liao4).