Zhou

Zhou refers to

Zhou Dynasty (1122 BC - 256 BC) or Zhou state
Zhou Dynasty (690 AD - 705 AD)
Zhou (political division) — Zhou is the name of a political/administrative division of China. It is also the Chinese translation of the subnational entity state
Congee in Pinyin

Surnames

Zhōu is the Hanyu Pinyin transliteration of the Chinese family name 周, which now ranks the 9^th most common surname in Mainland China. In Taiwan is usually spelled Chou, while elsewhere it may also be spelled Chau, Jhou, Joe or Chow. Zhou can also stand for another, rare Chinese family name, 洲.

Prominent people with family name 周

(alphabetized by surname, then by given name)

Emil Chau, singer
Simon Chau Sui-Cheong, Hong Kong social and environmental activist
Jay Chou, singer
Niki Chow, actress
Norm Chow, American football coach
Stephen Chow, actor & director
Vivian Chow, singer
Wei-Liang Chow, mathematician
Wen Tsing Chow, missile guidance scientist
Chow Yun-Fat, actor
Ju Sigyeong, Korean linguistist
Zhou Enlai, People's Republic of China politician
Zhou Shuren, real name of writer Lu Xun
Zhou Xiaochuan, economist
Zhou Xuan, actress
Zhou Yafu, a Han dynasty general
Zhou Yu, a great general of the Kingdom of Wu
Zhou Yin Piao, a Chinese studnet at UNSW

External links

[Chinese Zhou surname history]

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