| Zhou Family Name |
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 周; Zhōu |
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| Meaning | Zhou Dynasty |
| Wikipedia articles | All pages beginning with "Zhou " |
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Zhōu is the Hanyu Pinyin transliteration of the Chinese family name 周, which now ranks as the 9th most common surname in Mainland China. It has been one of the ten most common surnames in China since the Yuan Dynasty.
In places which use the Wade-Giles romanization such as Taiwan, Zhou is usually spelled as "Chou", and it may also be spelled "Chiau", "Chau", "Chew", "Chow", "Chu", "Jhou", "Joe", "Jou", "Jue", or "Jow". Zhōu can also stand for another, rare Chinese family name, 洲.
The Vietnamese equivalent is Châu.
Prominent individuals with the surname Zhou
- Alphabetized by surname, then by given name.
- Zhou Enlai, People's Republic of China politician
- Wakin Chau (Emil Chau), musician, singer
- Chow Yun-Fat, actor
- Simon Chau Sui-Cheong, Hong Kong social and environmental activist
- Châu Văn Tiếp (1738–1784), born Châu Doãn Ngạnh, 18th century Vietnamese military commander
- Claudia Chau, roommate of Isa ****
- Stephen Chow, actor, director and comedian
- Jay Chou, Taiwanese musician, singer and director
- Endy Chow, singer
Michael Chow Man-Kin , actor- Niki Chow, actress
- Norm Chow, American football coach
- Vivian Chow, singer
- Zhou Jianren, politician, younger brother of Lu Xun
- Wei-Liang Chow, mathematician
- Wen Tsing Chow, missile guidance scientist
- Vic Zhou, actor, singer
- Zhou Long, composer
- Zhou Mi, Chinese female badminton player
- Zhou Mi, Chinese pop male singer from the boy band Super Junior-M
- Zhou Shuren, writer using the pseudonym Lu Xun
- Zhou Tong (archer), famous archer and teacher of Song Dynasty General Yue Fei
- Zhou Xiaochuan, economist
- Zhou Xuan (1918-1957), actress
- Zhou Xun, actress
- Zhou Yafu, Han dynasty general
- Zhou Yi, Shanghai-born and New York-based pipa virtuoso
- Zhou Yu, general of the Kingdom of Wu
- Zhou Zuoren, writer, brother of Lu Xun
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