# Yeow

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**Yeow** is a [Chinese surname](/source/Chinese_surname). It is the spelling, based on pronunciations in different [varieties of Chinese](/source/Varieties_of_Chinese), of the following surnames, listed by their spelling in [Pinyin](/source/Pinyin) (which reflects the [Mandarin Chinese](/source/Mandarin_Chinese) pronunciation):[1]

- [Yáo](/source/Yao_(surname)) (Chinese: [姚](https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/%E5%A7%9A)), spelled Yeow based on its [Hokkien](/source/Hokkien) pronunciation (Pe̍h-ōe-jī: *Iâu*; IPA: /iaʊ²⁴/)
- [Yáng](/source/Yang_(surname)) (traditional Chinese: [楊](https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/%E6%A5%8A); simplified Chinese: 杨)
- [Yóu](/source/You_(surname)) (Chinese: [尤](https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/%E5%B0%A4) or Chinese: [游](https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/%E6%B8%B8))

According to statistics cited by [Patrick Hanks](/source/Patrick_Hanks), there were 75 people on the island of [Great Britain](/source/Great_Britain) and four on the island of [Ireland](/source/Ireland) with the surname Yeow as of 2011. In 1881 there were no bearers of the surname in Great Britain.[1] The [2010 United States census](/source/2010_United_States_census) found 118 people with the surname Yeow, making it the 141,140th-most-common name in the country. About nine-tenths of the bearers of the surname identified as [Asian](/source/Asian_Americans), and fewer than 5% as [White](/source/White_Americans).[2]

Notable people with the surname include:

- [Yeow Chai Thiam](/source/Yeow_Chai_Thiam) (姚再添; 1953–2016), Malaysian politician and medical doctor
- [Eileen Yeow](/source/Eileen_Yeow) (姚瑩瑩; born 1972), Singaporean actress
- [Poh Ling Yeow](/source/Poh_Ling_Yeow) (杨宝玲; born 1973), Malaysian-born Australian artist
- [Yeow Kai Chai](/source/Yeow_Kai_Chai), Singaporean journalist

## See also

- [Tan Teow Yeow](/source/Tan_Teow_Yeow) (1946–2008), Singaporean judge (surname Tan, given name Teow Yeow)
- [Chow Kon Yeow](/source/Chow_Kon_Yeow) (born 1958), Malaysian politician (surname Chow, given name Kon Yeow)

## References

1. Hanks, Patrick (ed.) (2016). [*The Oxford Dictionary of Family Names in Britain and Ireland*](https://books.google.com/books?id=0AyDDQAAQBAJ&pg=PA2981). Oxford University Press. p. 2981. ISBN 9780192527479.

1. ["How common is your last name?"](https://projects.newsday.com/databases/long-island/census-last-names/?where=name^Yeow&offset=0). *Newsday*. Retrieved 23 October 2018.

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