Hmoob Miao (Suav: 苗) yog ib pab pawg lwm haiv tib neeg pom tau los ntawm tsoom fwv kev koom ntawm tib neeg tus pheej Xov Tshoj li ib yam ntawm cov haiv neeg uas tsa 55 pawg. Cov "Miao" mas nyob rau yav qab teb Tuam Tshoj, nyob hauv lub moo Guizhou, Hunan, Yunnan, Sichuan, Guangxi, Hainan, Guangdong, thiab Hubei. Ib co neeg uas cov "Miao" mas pawg, tshwj xeeb tshaj yog cov Hmoob, muaj migrated tawm ntawm suav li nkag Asia qab teb hnub tuaj xws li qaum teb Nyab Laj, Nplog, Burma thiab Thaib.
Tom qab cov liab coj thoob hauv lub teb chaws Nplog xyoo 1975, ib pawg loj ntawm cov Hmoob thoj nam tsiv mus rau ob peb thaj tiag, xws li lub tebchaws United States, Fabkis, Australia thiab lwm qhov chaw. Muaj lawm ib yam kev ntsuam tsis ntev los no ntawm Hmoob Asmeskas mus pab pawg haiv neeg "Miao" mas ntawm tes ua ke raws li lub sij hawm uas Hmoob vim muaj cov disdain rau cov suav li. "Miao" mas. No tiam sis tsis tau paub txog tias, thaum Hmoob muaj hauv lub teb ib me chaws pub nrug ncu/kev tsev neeg "Miao" mas neeg, feem coob ntawm cov neeg "Miao" mas tsis tau raws li lawv tus kheej li Hmoob thiab muaj lawv cov npe rau lawv tus kheej.