Chiu

English

Etymology 1

From several different Chinese surnames, including Cantonese 趙／赵 (ziu6), Hokkien 周 (Chiu). Doublet of Qiu.

Proper noun

Chiu (plural Chius)

1. A surname from Chinese.

Etymology 2

From Mandarin 邱 (Qiū), Wade–Giles romanization: Chʻiu¹.

Alternative forms

• (from Hanyu Pinyin) Qiu

Proper noun

Chiu (plural Chius)

1. A surname from Mandarin.
   • 2009 February 13, Diane Baker, “A slice of Cloud Gate life”, in Taipei Times‎^[1], →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 15 July 2024, Features, page 14‎^[2]:

     Exactly one year to the day a predawn fire destroyed the Cloud Gate Dance Theatre’s (雲門舞集) home in Pali, Taipei County, founder Lin Hwai-min (林懷民) stood in front of the Taipei Story House on Wednesday, a huge banner with dancer Chiu I-wen (邱怡文) leaping in the air hanging behind him.

   • 2009 August 19, Marc McDonald, “Two Taiwan Ministers Offer to Quit Over Typhoon Response”, in The New York Times‎^[3], →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on July 20, 2016, Asia Pacific‎^[4]:

     “Ma’s problems are that he appointed unsuitable people to senior positions, and he failed to declare the disaster a national emergency, which prevented the military to be mobilized right away,” Chiu Yi, a lawmaker, told The Associated Press.

   • 2013 December 27, Huang Chien-hua, Jason Pan, “Father united with son after 50 years”, in Taipei Times‎^[5], →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 02 July 2018, Taiwan News, page 4‎^[6]:

     She told staff members that when she was in her 20s, she met a man surnamed Chiu (邱), who was born to Taiwanese and Japanese parents.

   • 2023 October 30, Keoni Everington, “Defense ministry confirms New Taipei Naval base hardened against nuclear electromagnetic pulse attack”, in Taiwan News‎^[7], archived from the original on November 14, 2023, Politics‎^[8]:

     When asked to confirm that a new base has been built in Sanzhi District to withstand a HEMP attack, Minister of National Defense Chiu Kuo-cheng (邱國正) on Monday (Oct. 30) said the work was part of an ongoing project, reported Liberty Times.

   • 2024 April 29, Yang Ssu-jui, Shih Hsiu-chuan, Matthew Mazzetta, “Tainan City Council speaker, deputy cleared of vote rigging charges”, in Focus Taiwan‎^[9], archived from the original on April 29, 2024, Politics‎^[10]:

     Tainan City Council Speaker Chiu Li-li (邱莉莉), Deputy Speaker Lin Chih-chan (林志展) and eight co-defendants were acquitted Monday of charges of rigging the city council's speaker and deputy speaker elections in December 2022.
     The Tainan District Court said prosecutors presented insufficient evidence to convict Chiu and Lin, both of the Democratic Progressive Party (DPP), as well as three city councilors and five others who were indicted in the case.

Statistics

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Chiu is the 2735^th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 13174 individuals. Chiu is most common among Asian/Pacific Islander (92.11%) individuals.

Anagrams

• CHUI, Chui

Cebuano

Proper noun

Chiu

1. a surname

Tagalog

Alternative forms

• Chu
• Chew
• Cheu

Etymology

From Hokkien 周 (Chiû) or 蔣／蒋 (Chiúⁿ), via English Chiu. Doublet of Chow.

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /ˈt͡ʃu/ [ˈt͡ʃu]
• Rhymes: -u
• Homophones: Cheu, Chew, Chu

Proper noun

Chiu (Baybayin spelling ᜆ᜔ᜐᜓ)

1. a Chinese Filipino surname from Hokkien

Statistics

• According to data collected by Forebears in 2014, Chiu is the 563^rd most common surname in the Philippines, occurring in 15,982 individuals.