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Piao Surname Meaning

Chinese: Mandarin form of the surname 朴: (i) dating back to an ancient Korean surname (see Pak). (ii) traced back to some minority ethnic groups in ancient southern China.

Portuguese (Pião): topographic name from pião an augmentative of pia ‘sink’ meaning ‘great cavity in a rock’ or a nickname or status name from a variant of peão ‘rural worker’.

Source: Dictionary of American Family Names 2nd edition, 2022


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Between 1973 and 1976, in the United States, Piao life expectancy was at its lowest point in 1973, and highest in 1976. The average life expectancy for Piao in 1973 was 79, and 91 in 1976.

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