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Family name Chiou (昭 , Chiou
, ชิว
) , in the entire world, is a common surname. The family name Chiou is characteristic of Taiwan, where it is quite a common surname, Greece, where it is quite a rare surname, and Malaysia. Measured by absolute frequency, it is the most numerous in China, Taiwan, and the United States. More frequently, Chiou is the forename as well as the last name.