Zou (surname)
Zou surname in regular script | |
| Romanization | Zōu (Pinyin) Chau (Pe̍h-ōe-jī) Tsou (Wade-Giles) |
|---|---|
| Language | Chinese, Vietnamese |
| Origin | |
| Language | Old Chinese |
| Derivation | Zou (state) |
| Other names | |
| Variant forms | Zou, Tsou (Mandarin) Chow (Hong Kong) Chou (Teochew) Chau, Chao (Hokkien) Tseu (Wu Chinese) Trâu (Vietnamese) Tjee, Tjeuw, Tjoo, Tjouw (Indonesian) |
| Cognate | Zhu 朱 |
| Derivative | Murdaya (Chinese Indonesian) |
Zou (traditional Chinese: 鄒; simplified Chinese: 邹; pinyin: Zōu) is the 67th most common Chinese surname, which originated from the state of Zou of the Spring and Autumn period in ancient China. 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.