The Zhou surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 23,437 people carried this name — #1,532 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 12,600 people counted. That is up 102% from 11,586 in 2000.
In Argentina’s national register
At least 676 people named Zhou live in Argentina.
RENAPER only publishes a name in a province when more than ten people there share it, so the real number is higher. Most of them live in City of Buenos Aires.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere they live today
RENAPER (National Registry of Persons, Argentina), surnames of residents by province, December 2021 — CC BY 4.0.
In Switzerland’s population statistics
484 people named Zhou live in Switzerland.
They live in 19 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/en/dataset/nachnamen-der-standigen-wohnbevolkerung-nach-kanton3 · names with fewer than 3 bearers in a canton are not published.
In Belgium’s population register
At least 354 people named Zhou 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 Brussels-Capital.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere they live today
Statbel (Statistics Belgium), family names of the population by municipality, 1 January 2026 — CC BY 4.0.
In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 120 people named Zhou.
Most of them — 116 — were born outside France. Those born in France came from 3 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 Poland’s population register
21 people named Zhou have a registered home in Poland.
Of the 546 in Poland’s national register, these are the ones with a permanent address on file. They live in 4 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 the Nordic population registers
871 people named Zhou are counted in Sweden and Finland.
Sweden’s figure is from 31 December 2022, the last count Statistics Sweden published. Finland counts its citizens, at home or abroad.
Counted, by country
Own calculations based on data from Statistics Sweden (SCB), surnames with at least two bearers, 31 December 2022 — CC BY 4.0 (names with 20 or more bearers shown) · Digital and Population Data Services Agency (DVV), Finland, surname statistics, August 2026 — CC BY 4.0.
In print
Zhou in American newspapers,
1850–1957.
Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 592 pages in all carry the name.
Who carried it
People named Zhou,
with a public archive behind them.
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Zhou Yafu -15–-14 · military personnel -
Zhou Yu 175–210 · strategist -
Zhou Tai 200–228 · military personnel -
Zhou Chu 236–297 · military leader -
Daman Hongren 601–674 · Buddhist monk
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 118 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Zhou.
- Zerafa 147 · U.S. census
- Zerbini 144 · U.S. census
- Zerr 1,534 · U.S. census
- Zhang 70,125 · U.S. census
- Zhao 22,301 · U.S. census
- Zheng 25,242 · U.S. census
- Zhu 21,265 · U.S. census
- Ziad 159 · U.S. census
- Zieba 781 · U.S. census
- Ziegelmeyer 138 · U.S. census
- Zieger 462 · U.S. census
- Ziegler 25,351 · U.S. census
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