Borrowed from theHanyu Pinyin romanization of variousMandarin surnames, including瞿 (Qú) and曲 (Qū).
Qu (pluralQus)
- Asurname.
[1981,Paul G. Pickowicz, “Youth in Changchow”, inMarxist Literary Thought in China: The Influence ofCh’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.]
- 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.
Qu (mixed case,upper caseQU,lower casequ)
- adigraph from the lettersQ andU