# Qiu (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/qiu/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. Counts from the US Census Bureau; origin and etymology from Wiktionary; bearers from Wikidata. Data updated 2026-11-11.

An English surname from Mandarin Chinese.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | Chinese |
| Type | not recorded |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 4,424 |
| US rank (2010) | 7,520 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 69,789 people |
| Change since 2000 | +129% (1,934 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | /tʃu/, 1 syllable |
| Variant spellings | Chiu |

## Etymology

From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 丘/邱 (Qiū)/秋 (Qiū)/裘 (Qiú), etc.

## Who carries it

Share of people named Qiu in the 2010 US Census by the Census's own race and ethnicity groups. The Census suppresses a share when the count behind it is small.

| Group | Share |
|---|---|
| White (not Hispanic) | 0.8% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 98% |
| Two or more races | 0.8% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Qiu in British Hong Kong.

## People named Qiu

- Shing-Tung Yau, American mathematician from Hong Kong

## Similar surnames

Qi, Qu, Quay, Que.

## How to read these numbers

A Census count is people alive and counted in 2010, not births, and names occurring fewer than 100 times are not published at all. Ethnicity shares are the Census's own categories.