English: nickname from Middle English chow (Old English
ceo) ‘jackdaw or crow’.Chinese :
variant of Zhou.Chinese : Cantonese
variant of Zou.Chinese : variant of
Cao 1.Chinese : Cantonese variant of
Chao 4.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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