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Across the world, チャウ (Chau , Châu , Pakho ) is a common unisex given name. The first name チャウ is habitual in Hong Kong, where it is quite a common gender-neutral name, Macao, and Vietnam, where it is quite a rare gender-neutral name. Not in comparison with a country's population, it is the most numerous in Vietnam, India, and the United States. Likewise, チャウ is the last name as well as the forename.
チャウ is also a name for the fictitious and mythical characters: .