Tchou
surname · Latin script
Meaning: Alternative form of Zhou
Recorded for both men and women· direction only, no split published
/tʃu/(machine-generated) pronunciation, model-generated
Tchou is a surname written in the Latin script, with more bearers in Algeria than in any other country.
- GAGabon≈1 in 31K(inferred from the name graph)
- CMCameroon≈1 in 122K
- DZAlgeria≈1 in 162K
carrying the name, as counted by its national register where one exists and as Mondonomo estimates it elsewhere (marked ≈ and "est." on hover). One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.
- Algeria (inferred from the name graph)
- Sources
- 100 (measured from records)
- ≈1 in 31K (inferred from the name graph)
≈270 people, est.
Highest-authority source
Gabon, est.
measured from records inferred from the name graph
Meaning & origin(measured from records)
Alternative form of Zhou.
Sources 1
- kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
Attested in 1 language in the etymology graph.
Where in the world(measured from records)
Tchou counted together with the spellings and other-language forms grouped with it. Where a register counted another spelling, the row names it.
Sorted by bearers: national registers' counts, and Mondonomo's estimates (≈, est.) where no register counts.
| Country | Most common spelling | Sources | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| DZ Algeria | ≈270 est. | ≈1 in 162K | — | Tchou | 2 |
| CM Cameroon | ≈230 est. | ≈1 in 122K | — | Tchou | 1 |
| FR France | ≈140 est. | ≈1 in 491K | 11 | Tchou | 100 |
| US United States | ≈110 est. | ≈1 in 3.1M | listed | Tchou | 22 |
| GA Gabon | ≈72 est. | ≈1 in 31K | — | Tchou | 4 |
| MA Morocco | ≈32 est. | ≈1 in 1.1M | — | Tchou | 2 |
| BE Belgium | 2 | 1 in 5.9M | 2 | Tchou | 9 |
Exact figures are national registers' own counts, while figures marked ≈ and est. are Mondonomo’s estimates, counted from our sources and calibrated against those registers; hover one for how far to trust it in that country. A dash means neither exists.
Registers cited: INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000); the us-wru-surnames-voterfile register; Familienaam.be — Belgian family-name frequency (population register). Figures without a register are Mondonomo estimates; see Methodology.
Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table (how that works).
Notable people with this name(measured from records)
- Zhu Xib. 1130CNnot in their usual nameChinese historian, neo-Confucian philosopher, poet, and politician during the Song dynasty (1130–1200)
- Yongle Emperorb. 1360CNnot in their usual nameemperor of Ming dynasty China from 1402 to 1424
- Jiajing Emperor of Mingb. 1507CNnot in their usual nameEmperor of the Ming dynasty from 1521 to 1567
- Wanli Emperorb. 1563CNnot in their usual nameemperor of the Ming Dynasty (1563-1620)
- Chongzhen Emperorb. 1611CNnot in their usual nameemperor of the Ming Dynasty
- Zhu Rongjib. 1928CNnot in their usual name5th Premier of the People's Republic of China from 1998 to 2003 (1928–2026)
- Steven Chub. 1948USnot in their usual nameAmerican physicist, former United States Secretary of Energy, Nobel laureate (born 1948)
- Jon M. Chub. 1979USnot in their usual nameAmerican filmmaker
- Zhu Zhub. 1984CNnot in their usual nameChinese actress
- Hua MulanCNnot in their usual nameChinese legendary female warrior
The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).
How to address them(machine-generated)
Evidence(measured from records)
Attested in 5 sources across 3 countries.
| Country | Register | Year | Count | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) | 1991 | 11 | — |
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) | 1971 | 11 | — |
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) | 1981 | 9 | — |
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) | 1941 | 8 | — |
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) | 1921 | 4 | — |
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) | 1961 | 3 | — |
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) | 1951 | 3 | — |
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) | 1911 | 3 | — |
| BE Belgium | Familienaam.be — Belgian family-name frequency (population register) | 2008 | 2 | #140,179 |
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) | 1931 | 1 | — |
| US United States | wru Name Dictionary — US surnames, voter-file supplement (Khanna et al.) | — | — | — |
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) | 1901 | — | — |
Reference works 2
- Nederlandse FamilienamenBank (Dutch surname bank; ex-Meertens Instituut, now CBG)2007
- Wikidata name items (native-script + romanized given/family names)
These works list the name; their figures are licensed and are not reproduced here.
Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.
Frequently asked questions
- What does the name Tchou mean, and where does it come from?
- Alternative form of Zhou. Recorded by kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations).
- How do you pronounce Tchou?
- A machine transcription gives /tʃu/ (IPA) for English.
- In which country does Tchou have the most bearers?
- Mondonomo estimates about 265 people named Tchou in Algeria, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled tchou.
- How common is the name Tchou?
- In Belgium, the national register counted 2 people named Tchou in 2008, about 1 in 5.9 million residents.
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curl -H "X-API-Key: YOUR_KEY" https://api.mondonomo.ai/api/v1/name-graph/tchouThe payload this page is built from: spellings and scripts, countries and languages, related names, and the registers that attest the form. It takes a free API key (1,000 requests a day), which returns what this page shows everyone; the full country table, every register citation and the year-by-year series come with a licensed key, as does bulk access.
About this data
measured from records inferred from the name graph machine-generated
These figures come from the data snapshot of and will change as it is rebuilt.
Statistics are aggregated from the Mondonomo name corpus; related names and etymology are inferred from the name graph; pronunciation and any machine-marked transliterations are model-generated. Read how the numbers are made, including their known failure modes, and where the data comes from.
Reference works we consult — surname dictionaries, official name registers, Wikidata and Wiktionary — are named directly, beside the claims they support. The per-country source counts also include datasets of person records: we publish how many there are and their authority tier, but not their names.
Cite this page Mondonomo, “Tchou”. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.