as a Last Name
- 1,858
- people in the U.S. have this name View all people named Qiu
Meaning & Origins
Chinese 邱: from a place called Yingqiu in the state of Qi, home of the ruling family of Qi during the Zhou dynasty (1122–221 bc). Descendants of this family adopted part of the placename as their surname, a situation that persisted until the reign of the Qing dynasty emperor Yongzheng (ad 1723–35), whose personal name contained the character for Qiu. He enforced a traditional prohibition upon others bearing the same name as the emperor. To comply, those with the surname Qiu, 丘, changed their name by adding an element to the character for Qiu which resulted in another character, 仇, with the identical pronunciation. This modified form of the surname Qiu is the one most commonly encountered today.
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- Hundreds
- of people in the U.S have this name
- 1,858
- to be exact (as of February 2011)
- New York
- has the most people named Qiu per capita
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