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Around the globe, ジョウ (Zhou , Jou , ジョウ ) is a common epicene given name. The forename ジョウ is habitual in Tunisia, where it is quite a rare gender-neutral name, Algeria, and Macao, where it is quite a rare male name. Not in comparison with a country's population, it is commonest in China, Algeria, and Indonesia. Much more frequently, ジョウ is the last name as well as the forename.
VARIANT | COUNTRY |
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Zhou | China, Indonesia, Zimbabwe, Hong Kong, United States |
Jou | Australia, China, Indonesia, United States, New Zealand |
ジョウ | Japan |
ジョウ is also a name for the fictitious and mythical characters: Zhou Tong , the Water Margin character; Zhou Botong , the fictional wuxia master; Zhou (Red Guard) , the operatic character in the opera Kommilitonen! by Peter Maxwell Davies and Zhou Cheng , the fictional character in Marvel Comics.