Жу

surname · Cyrillic script

Recorded for both men and women· direction only, no split published

Жу is a surname written in the Cyrillic script, with more bearers in China than in any other country. In Hong Kong it is the 74th most common surname.

rarermore common
  • CNChina≈1 in 239as Zhou(inferred from the name graph)
  • HKHong Kong≈1 in 1.5Kas Zhou
  • SGSingapore≈1 in 2.8Kas Zhou

carrying the name, as counted by its national register where one exists and as Mondonomo estimates it elsewhere (marked ≈ and "est." on hover). Where a country counts another spelling of the name rather than Жу itself, the figure is that spelling’s, and it is named. One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.

China (inferred from the name graph)

≈5,800,000 named Zhou, est.

5 (measured from records)

recorded for this name

Sources
392 (measured from records)

Highest-authority source

≈1 in 239 (inferred from the name graph)

China, est., as Zhou

measured from records inferred from the name graph

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Spellings & scripts(measured from records)

ZhouLatin(measured from records)
ЧжоуCyrillic(measured from records)
ซุ้นหั้วThai(measured from records)
ΖούGreek(measured from records)
주읍Hangul(measured from records)

5 other spellings are counted as the same name:

Locally spelled Zhou in US United States, CN China, AU Australia and 5 more.

Spellings marked ● are how people bearing the name write it in our records, and ○ marks a model's transliteration; click a spelling to open its page.

Meaning & origin

No verified etymology recorded for this name yet — the entries below are drawn from usage statistics and the name graph.

Attested across 17 languages in the etymology graph.

Where in the world(measured from records)

Жу counted together with the spellings and other-language forms grouped with it. Where a register counted another spelling, the row names it.

Sorted by bearers: national registers' counts, and Mondonomo's estimates (≈, est.) where no register counts.

Where Жу is recorded, by country
CountryMost common spellingSources
CN China#288≈5,800,000 est.≈1 in 239—Zhou221
US United States#71232,982as Cheng1 in 10K39KZhou392
ES Spain—8,165as Zhou1 in 6.1K8.2KZhou95
AU Australia#109≈8,000 est.≈1 in 3.2K1Zhou219
MY Malaysia#554≈6,600 est.≈1 in 4.9K—Zhou49
TW Taiwan#285≈6,200 est.≈1 in 3.8K—Zhou95
HK Hong Kong#74≈4,800 est.≈1 in 1.5K—Zhou91
SG Singapore#76≈2,300 est.≈1 in 2.8K—Zhou100

Exact figures are national registers' own counts, while figures marked ≈ and est. are Mondonomo’s estimates, counted from our sources and calibrated against those registers; hover one for how far to trust it in that country. A dash means neither exists.

Registers cited: Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2010; Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2020; SA BDM — Popular baby names South Australia (1944–present); INE — Padrón per-token widgets (current living counts, given + apellidos); INE — Apellidos más frecuentes (Padrón Municipal). Figures without a register are Mondonomo estimates; see Methodology.

Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table (how that works).

Other names spelled this way(inferred from the name graph)

Жу is also recorded as 3 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

  • Uzbek surname2 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Uzbekistan, Kyrgyzstan, China

    Also written Жў

  • Kazakh surname6 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in China, United States, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan

    Languages: Kazakh, Kyrgyz

    Also written Zhu, Жӯ

  • a separate name3 spellings in the group

    Also written Ju, Жү

Grouping is the name graph's, not a register's: two spellings join a group when the evidence links them, so a group is a claim about the records rather than about the people.

Notable people with this name(measured from records)

1400160018002000Ru Ne, b. 1433Ru Qixian, b. 1508Xin Ru, b. 1931
  • Ru Neb. 1433not in their usual nameMing dynasty person CBDB = 127188
  • Ru Qixianb. 1508not in their usual nameMing dynasty person CBDB = 203213
  • Xin Rub. 1931CNnot in their usual nameChinese historian
  • Ru Wenhuannot in their usual nameMing dynasty person CBDB = 267202
  • Ru Sicongnot in their usual nameMing dynasty person CBDB = 267203
  • Ru Zhongqinot in their usual nameMing dynasty person CBDB = 267204
  • Ru Zhennot in their usual nameMing dynasty person CBDB = 267208
  • Ru Funot in their usual nameMing dynasty person CBDB = 267209
  • Ru Zhongqinot in their usual nameMing dynasty person CBDB = 301433
  • Ru Tainot in their usual nameMing dynasty person CBDB = 301434

The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).

Evidence(measured from records)

Attested in 3 sources across 1 country.

Reference works 1

  • Wikipedia surname tokens

These works list the name; their figures are licensed and are not reproduced here.

Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.

Frequently asked questions

In which country does Жу have the most bearers?
Mondonomo estimates about 5.8 million people named Zhou in China, more than in any other country we hold.
How common is the name Жу?
In the United States, the national register counted 32,982 people named Cheng in 2010, about 1 in 10 thousand residents.
How common is Жу compared with other names?
In China, Жу is the 288th most common surname of 142,871 surnames recorded there.

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About this data

measured from records inferred from the name graph machine-generated

These figures come from the data snapshot of and will change as it is rebuilt.

Statistics are aggregated from the Mondonomo name corpus; related names and etymology are inferred from the name graph; pronunciation and any machine-marked transliterations are model-generated. Read how the numbers are made, including their known failure modes, and where the data comes from.

Reference works we consult — surname dictionaries, official name registers, Wikidata and Wiktionary — are named directly, beside the claims they support. The per-country source counts also include datasets of person records: we publish how many there are and their authority tier, but not their names.

Cite this page Mondonomo, “Жу” — the 288th most common surname in China. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.

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