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