The Chu surname
In the 2000 U.S. Census, 24,381 people carried this name — #1,328 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 11,100 people counted.
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In Switzerland’s population statistics
153 people named Chu live in Switzerland.
They live in 9 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Zurich.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere they live today
Swiss Federal Statistical Office (FSO), «Surnames of the permanent resident population by canton», 2025, opendata.swiss · names with fewer than 3 bearers in a canton are not published.
In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 120 people named Chu.
Most of them — 107 — were born outside France. Those born in France came from 5 départements, most often Paris.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they were born
Fichier des personnes décédées, INSEE — Licence Ouverte 2.0 · deaths recorded in France since 1970, by place of birth.
In Belgium’s population register
At least 55 people named Chu live in Belgium.
Statbel only publishes a name in a municipality when five or more people there share it, so the real number is higher. Most of them live in Antwerp.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they live today
Statbel (Statistics Belgium), family names of the population by municipality, 1 January 2026 — CC BY 4.0.
In Poland’s population register
35 people named Chu have a registered home in Poland.
Of the 248 in Poland’s national register, these are the ones with a permanent address on file. They live in 1 of Poland’s 16 voivodeships, most of all in Masovian.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they live today
PESEL register, Ministry of Digital Affairs of Poland (dane.gov.pl) — CC0 · living people by voivodeship of permanent residence, 20 January 2026.
In print
Chu in American newspapers,
1894–1950.
Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 229,882 pages in all carry the name.
Who carried it
People named Chu,
with a public archive behind them.
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Chu Guangxi 707–760 · writer -
Chu Dawen 1665–1743 · poet -
Chu Tingzhang 1728–1797 · politician -
Chu Fucheng 1873–1948 -
Chu Minyi 1884–1946 · politician
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 307 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Chu.
- Christoffel 413 · U.S. census
- Christol 101 · U.S. census
- Christoph 831 · U.S. census
- Christophe 660 · U.S. census
- Christophel 234 · U.S. census
- Christy 13,295 · U.S. census
- Chudy 945 · U.S. census
- Chudzik 443 · U.S. census
- Chung 36,422 · U.S. census
- Cialdella 149 · U.S. census
- Ciampi 733 · U.S. census
- Cianci 1,490 · U.S. census
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