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    The surname Qiu

    A Chinese surname, carried by 4,424 people in the United States.

    Pronounced /tʃu/ 1 syllable Soundex Q000

    Qiu: #7,520 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Qiu #7,520, 4,424 people Qiu: #7,520 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Qiu #7,520, 4,424 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Qiu is more common than 95.4% of them.

    Origin

    Chinese origin

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

    One of 193 Chinese surnames on this site.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 4,424 people named Qiu in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 69,789 Americans. That is up 129% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,934.

    #7,520
    rank among US surnames
    4,424
    people in 2010
    1.5
    per 100,000 Americans
    +128.7%
    change since 2000 (was #14,236)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #7,511Seger4,43469,631
    #7,512More4,43269,663
    #7,513McQuade4,43069,694
    #7,514Duquette4,42969,710
    #7,515Shuster4,42869,726
    #7,516Hans4,42769,741
    #7,517Eldredge4,42669,757

    Who is named Qiu

    Race and Hispanic origin as people reported it in the 2010 Census

    98% of people named Qiu identified as Asian and Pacific Islander.

    • Asian and Pacific Islander 98%
    • White (not Hispanic) 0.8%
    • Two or more races 0.8%
    The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Black, Hispanic, Native American are not shown.

    Compare: most common surnames among Asian and Pacific Islander Americans.

    Famous Qius

    1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

    • Shing-Tung Yau
      American mathematician from Hong Kong, born 1949

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Variant spellings

    Surnames that sound like Qiu

    Qiu has the Soundex code Q000, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code Q000.

    Other Chinese surnames

    All 193 Chinese surnames

    Questions

    Where does the surname Qiu come from?
    From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 丘/邱 (Qiū)/秋 (Qiū)/裘 (Qiú), etc.
    How common is the surname Qiu?
    4,424 people in the United States had the surname Qiu in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 69,789 Americans. It ranked 7,520th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Qiu?
    In the 2010 Census, 98% of people named Qiu identified as Asian and Pacific Islander, and 0.8% as white (not Hispanic).
    Who is the most famous person named Qiu?
    Shing-Tung Yau, American mathematician from Hong Kong.
    Where is the surname Qiu most common?
    Wikidata records people named Qiu in British Hong Kong.
    How do you pronounce Qiu?
    Qiu is /tʃu/, one syllable.
    Is the surname Qiu getting more or less common?
    More common. 1,934 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 4,424 in 2010, up 129%.
    What are other spellings of Qiu?
    Chiu.