Jou
English
Etymology
Americanized spelling of Zhou.
Proper noun
Jou (plural Jous)
- A surname from Chinese.
Statistics
- According to the 2010 United States Census, Jou is the 36477th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 613 individuals. Jou is most common among Asian/Pacific Islander (83.36%) and White (10.28%) individuals.
Further reading
- Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Jou”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 2, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 256.