Qu
Jump to navigation
Jump to search
See also: qu
English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of various Mandarin surnames, including 瞿 (Qú) and 曲 (Qū).
Proper noun
[edit]Qu (plural Qus)
- A surname.
- [1981, Paul G. Pickowicz, “Youth in Changchow”, in Marxist Literary Thought in China: The Influence of Ch’ü Ch’iu-pai[1], University of California Press, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 1:
- Ch’ü was born on January 29, 1899, in a small room in the family residence in the southern portion of Changchow, a relatively small city in Kiangsu province.]
Statistics
[edit]- According to the 2010 United States Census, Qu is the 12035th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 2593 individuals. Qu is most common among Asian/Pacific Islander (95.49%) individuals.