Chiu Family History

Chinese: Cantonese form of the surnames 趙 and 招 see Zhao 1 and Cantonese form of the surname 焦 see Jiao alternative Mandarin form of the surnames 邱 丘 仇 裘 and 秋 see Qiu 1-5.

Variant Romanization of the surname 朱 see Zhu variant Romanization of the surnames 曲 瞿 and 屈 see Qu 1- Teochew Hokkien and Taiwanese form of the surname 周 see Zhou.

The dialects using this pronunciation are found in eastern Guangdong, Fujian and Taiwan from where some people migrated to Singapore, Malaysia, Thailand, and other parts of Southeast Asia.

Variant Romanization of the surname 蕭 (or 肖) see Xiao. Variant Romanization of the surname 邵 see Shao.

Cantonese form of the surname 晁 see Chao 10: variant Romanization of the surname 蔣 see Jiang.