Piao Family History
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
