# Zhu (surname)

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

A surname from Chinese.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | Chinese |
| Type | not recorded |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 21,265 |
| US rank (2010) | 1,694 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 14,519 people |
| Change since 2000 | +102% (10,508 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | /d͡ʒuː/, 1 syllable |
| Variant spellings | Chu, Choo, Tu |

## Etymology

From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin Chinese pronunciation for 朱 (Zhū).

## Who carries it

Share of people named Zhu 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) | 0.9% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 0.2% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 98% |
| Two or more races | 0.6% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Zhu in Ming dynasty, the United States, Republic of China, China and Southern Ming dynasty.

## People named Zhu

- Zhu Rongji, 5th Premier of the People's Republic of China from 1998 to 2003
- Zhu, American DJ and electronic music producer
- Zhu Ling, 3rd century Chinese Cao Wei state general
- Steven Chu, American physicist, former United States Secretary of Energy, Nobel laureate
- Koxinga, 17th-century Chinese military leader and first King of Tungning
- Taichang Emperor, 15th Emperor of the Ming dynasty
- Hongzhi Emperor, 10th emperor of the Ming Dynasty (1470–1505)
- Chenghua Emperor, 9th Emperor of the Ming dynasty (1447-1487)
- Longqing Emperor, 13th Emperor of the Ming dynasty

## Similar surnames

Zhou, Zhao, Zou, Zia, Zeh, Zea, Zuo.

## 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.