Qiu is an East Asian surname. This surname is common in Mainland China, and is also one of the most influential surnames in Taiwan, as well as the Sichuan and Fujian provinces in the South China region. As well as being a surname, the character also means "mound, dune, or hill". A less common surname is, pronounced the same in Mandarin but differently in Cantonese and Hokkien. 丘/邱 also appears in Korea, where they may be transliterated as: The surname also appears in the Philippines from immigrants from the South of China. It was anglicized as: 丘/邱 ranks 151st in the Hundred Family Surnames, and is very common in Luoyang, Henan or Wuxing, Zhejiang. 秋 is common with Taiwanese aboriginals, but is otherwise rare, ranking 237th. 邱 is a very rare surname in South Korea, with census records noting a distribution of less than 2000 with the name.

History

The surname has several historical origins:

Others

Notable people with the surname

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邱

秋

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