Posted by Tim Lau on September 09, 1999 at 10:42:45:
In Reply to: Chinese Surname LAU posted by Martin J Cox on September 14, 1997 at 16:35:25:
My grandfather came from Fujian (Hokkien) province in China. In Mandarin it is pronounced as LIU or LIEW. The most famous Lau in ancient China is Liu Pei from the Three Kingdom/Warring States era.