Chiu (邱)
A Taiwanese surname.
邱 Ch'iu
- Zhuyin
- ㄑㄧㄡ
- Pinyin
- qiū
- Wade-Giles
- Ch'iu
- Further spellings of 邱
- Chiu, Chiou, Ciou, Qiu
- Taiwanese Hokkien (Tâi-lô)
- Khu
- Hakka (Sixian)
- hiu²⁴
- Rank in Taiwan
- 16th most common surname, roughly 1.47% of the population (2023 Ministry of the Interior figures)
What the character means
It is used for 丘 'hill, mound'.
Where the surname comes from
It shares its origin with 丘: tradition traces it to descendants of Jiang Taigong (姜太公), founder of Qi, whose capital was Yingqiu (營丘) in present-day Shandong. The form 邱 is generally said to have spread under the Qing, when 丘, the personal name of Confucius, was avoided. Hall name (堂號): 河南堂.
Saying it 我姓邱 — wǒ xìng qiū (ㄨㄛˇ ㄒㄧㄥˋ ㄑㄧㄡ), "my family name is 邱"
Sources: rank and share, 內政部 全國姓名統計分析 (Ministry of the Interior, National Name Statistics), data as of 2023-06-30. Taiwanese Hokkien readings, 教育部臺灣台語常用詞辭典 (MOE Dictionary of Frequently-Used Taiwanese Taigi), 百家姓 appendix. Hakka, 教育部臺灣客語辭典 (MOE Dictionary of Taiwan Hakka), 百家姓表, Sixian (四縣腔).