Qiu / Qiu
The Qiu surname is widely distributed, occurring in Beijing; Wuqing in Tianjin; Jingxian in Hebei; Dongping in Shandong; Taiyuan and Datong in Shanxi; Huixian in Gansu; Nenjiang in Heilongjiang; Zhijiang in Hunan; and Xinhui and Ruyuan in Guangdong. It is found among the Han, She, and Korean ethnic groups.
One account traces the Qiu surname to the Jiang surname: the Qi Grand Duke was enfeoffed in Qi and made Yingqiu its capital; his collateral descendants who lived there adopted Qiu as their surname.
Other listed origins include descendants of Zuo Qiuming of Lu; residents of Wanchiu in Chen; descendants of the Zhu大夫 Qiu Ruo; Northern Wei Xianbei people of the Qiu Dun and Qiu Lin surnames who changed to Qiu; a Qiu surname among the Qiang of Western Qin; a Qiu surname among the Wuhuan; and the She people.
After the Han dynasty, some Qiu surnames were changed to Qiu with the added city radical to avoid Confucius's personal name; in the third year of the Yongzheng era, an edict required surnames to add the city radical and become 邱.
The Qiu surname has the commanderies of Henan and Wuxing, and hall names including Henan and Wenzhuang.
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