Niu (surname)

Niu is a Chinese family name 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 (牛昭容), a concubine said to be a power behind the throne after Tang emperor Shunzong suffered a stroke.
 * Niu Ben (牛犇), stage name of Chinese actor Zhang Xuejing.
 * Niu Fu (牛辅), general during the late Han dynasty and Three Kingdoms period.
 * Niu Guannan (牛冠男), Chinese water polo player.
 * Niu Huijun (牛惠君), international football referee.
 * Niu Jianfeng (牛剑锋), Chinese bronze medallist in table tennis at the 2004 Athens Olympics.
 * Niu Junfeng (牛骏峰), Chinese actor.
 * Niu Jin (牛金), general during the late Han dynasty and Three Kingdoms period.
 * Niu Lijie (牛丽杰), former Chinese women's national football team member.
 * Rong Niu or Red Panda (born 1970/1971), Chinese American acrobat
 * Niu Sengru (牛僧孺), chancellor for Tang emperors Muzong, Jingzong and Wenzong.
 * Niu Weiyu (牛畏予), Chinese photojournalist and head of the Xinhua News Agency.
 * Niu Xianke (牛仙客), chancellor for Tang emperor Xuanzong.
 * Niu Yingzhen, poet
 * Niu Zhiyuan (牛志远), Chinese sport shooter who competed in the 2000 Summer Olympics.
 * Niu Zhizhong (牛志忠), member of China's 18th Central Committee from 2012, expelled from the Party in 2016.
 * Niu Zhuang (牛壮), Chinese former professional snooker player.
 * Thomas Niu Huiqing (牛会卿), Chinese Catholic bishop.
 * Yuh-Line Niou (牛毓琳), New York State Assembly member
 * Zhisheng Niu (牛志升), electrical engineering professor.
 * Niu Chiao
 * Niu Lizhi