Zou (surname) explained

Zou
Romanization:Zōu (Pinyin)
Chau (Pe̍h-ōe-jī)
Tsou (Wade-Giles)
Language:Chinese, Vietnamese
Language origin:Old Chinese
Derivation:Zou (state)
Variant:Zou, Tsou (Mandarin)
Chow (Hong Kong)
Chou (Teochew)
Chau, Chao (Hokkien)
Trâu (Vietnamese)
Tjee, Tjeuw, Tjoo, Tjouw (Indonesian)
Cognate:Zhu
Derivative:Murdaya (Chinese Indonesian)

Zou is the 67th most common Chinese surname, which originated from the state of Zou of the Spring and Autumn period in ancient China.[1] Depending on Chinese variety, Zou can be transliterated as Chow, Chau, Tsau, Trau, Tsou, Tjeuw, or Chew. It is the 35th name on the Hundred Family Surnames poem.

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Notes and References

  1. http://www.yutopian.com/names/12/12zou67.html Origin of the surname Zou, Chou