The surname Zhu
A Chinese surname, carried by 21,265 people in the United States.
Pronounced /d͡ʒuː/ 1 syllable Soundex Z000
Origin
Chinese origin
From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin Chinese pronunciation for 朱 (Zhū).
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 21,265 people named Zhu in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 14,519 Americans. That is up 102% since 2000, when the Census counted 10,508.
Who is named Zhu
Race and Hispanic origin as people reported it in the 2010 Census
98% of people named Zhu identified as Asian and Pacific Islander.
- Asian and Pacific Islander 98%
- White (not Hispanic) 0.9%
- Two or more races 0.6%
- Hispanic or Latino (any race) 0.2%
Compare: most common surnames among Asian and Pacific Islander Americans.
Famous Zhus
9 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first
- Zhu Rongji5th Premier of the People's Republic of China from 1998 to 2003
- ZhuAmerican DJ and electronic music producer, born 1989
- Zhu Ling3rd century Chinese Cao Wei state general, 170–223
- Steven ChuAmerican physicist, former United States Secretary of Energy, Nobel laureate, born 1948
- Koxinga17th-century Chinese military leader and first King of Tungning, 1624–1662
- Taichang Emperor15th Emperor of the Ming dynasty, 1582–1620
- Hongzhi Emperor10th emperor of the Ming Dynasty (1470–1505)
- Chenghua Emperor9th Emperor of the Ming dynasty (1447-1487)
- Longqing Emperor13th Emperor of the Ming dynasty, 1537–1572
Notable Zhus come mostly from Ming dynasty (4), the United States (2) and Republic of China (1).
Spellings and sound-alikes
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Variant spellings
Surnames that sound like Zhu
Zhu has the Soundex code Z000, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code Z000.
Other Chinese surnames
Questions
- Where does the surname Zhu come from?
- From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin Chinese pronunciation for 朱 (Zhū).
- How common is the surname Zhu?
- 21,265 people in the United States had the surname Zhu in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 14,519 Americans. It ranked 1,694th of 162,253 surnames.
- What ethnicity is the surname Zhu?
- In the 2010 Census, 98% of people named Zhu identified as Asian and Pacific Islander, and 0.9% as white (not Hispanic).
- Who is the most famous person named Zhu?
- Zhu Rongji, 5th Premier of the People's Republic of China from 1998 to 2003, followed by Zhu.
- Where is the surname Zhu most common?
- Wikidata records people named Zhu in Ming dynasty, the United States and Republic of China and 2 other countries.
- How do you pronounce Zhu?
- Zhu is /d͡ʒuː/, one syllable.
- Is the surname Zhu getting more or less common?
- More common. 10,508 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 21,265 in 2010, up 102%.
- What are other spellings of Zhu?
- Chu, Choo and Tu.