Forename Zhou

Worldwide, Zhou (Zhou , تشو , Чжоу ) is a common epicene given name. The first name Zhou is characteristic of Macao, where it is quite a rare masculine name, Singapore, where it is quite a rare epicene name, and Hong Kong. Measured by absolute frequency, the name is most common in China, Indonesia, and Hong Kong. Much more frequently, Zhou is the last name as well as the forename.

Translations, transliterations and names similar to the name Zhou

name Cow, name Ciu, name Ju, name Чу, name Chû, name Зхоу, name Joo, name Zoo, name Chou, name Chu, name 伷, name Jew, name シュウ, name 僽, name Цзоу, name Chow, name Zhōu, name โจว, name Joe, name ג'ואו, name Zou, name Tsou, name جو, name Chiau, name 周, name 呪, name 冑, name تشو, name Choo, name Zhõu, name 周氏, name しゅう, name ジュ, name Zhou, name 咒, name Châu, name チョウ, name 咮, name Jhoe, name 周莉, name Trâu, name Ču, name チュ, name Чжоу, name Jou, name Zu, name 侜, name ジョウ, name Жоу, name چو, name Chao, name Chau, name Zhóu, name Chiu

VARIANT	COUNTRY
Zhou	Hong Kong, United States, Zimbabwe, Indonesia, China
تشو	Morocco, Egypt, Libya, Sudan, Algeria
Чжоу	Kazakhstan, Russia, Ukraine, Kyrgyzstan
ג'ואו	Israel

First names said to be same

Chao, Chau, Chiau, Chiu, Choo, Chou, Chow, Chu, Châu, Chû, Ciu, Cow, Jew, Jhoe, Joe, Joo, Jou, Ju, Trâu, Tsou, Zhóu, Zhõu, Zhōu, Zoo, Zou, Zu, Ču, Жоу, Зхоу, Цзоу, Чу, جو, چو, โจว, しゅう, シュウ, ジュ, ジョウ, チュ, チョウ, 伷, 侜, 僽, 冑, 周, 周氏, 周莉, 呪, 咒, 咮,

First name Zhou in the context

Zhou 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.

Notable namesakes

	kong zhou Chinese military commander (103-163) (b. 103)
	tang zhou Yellow turban rebel (b. 150)
	king xian of zhou Zhou Dynasty king of China from 368 to 321 BC (b. 400)
	king lie of zhou Zhou Dynasty king of China from 375 to 369 BC (b. 400)
	king an of zhou Zhou Dynasty king of China from 401 to 376 BC (b. 450)
	king li of zhou tenth king of the Chinese Zhou Dynasty (b. 850)
	king yi of zhou King of Zhou Dynasty (b. 850)
	king xiao of zhou King of Zhou Dynasty China (b. 950)
	king zhao of zhou King of the Chinese Zhou Dynasty (b. 1027)
	king gong of zhou King of China (b. 1000)
	king kang of zhou King of the Chinese Zhou Dynasty (b. 1050)
	king cheng of zhou 11th century BC king of the Chinese Zhou Dynasty (b. 1100)
	zhou yu Song dynasty person CBDB = 23313 (b. 1064)
	zhou xiong Song dynasty person CBDB = 42852 (b. 1188)
	zhou ding Yuan dynasty person CBDB = 103909 (b. 1245)

Characteristic surnames

Ma, Ao, Aj, Ah, Ai, Ad, An, Al, Sk, Ca, Sy, Si, Sa, Ms, Mr, My, Mu, Mi, Mo, Su, and Ci