Chui is a

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Origins

Chui is a spelling of the Cantonese pronunciation of two

Chinese surname Chinese surnames are used by Han Chinese and Sinicized ethnic groups in China, Taiwan, Korea, Vietnam, and among overseas Chinese communities around the world such as Singapore and Malaysia. Written Chinese names begin with surnames, unlike the ...

s, listed below by their Pinyin transcription (which reflects the

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pronunciation): * Cuī (), which originated as a toponymic surname from a fief by that name in the state of Qi; a grandson of

Jiang Ziya Jiang Ziya ( century BC – century BC), also known by several other names, was a Chinese noble who helped kings Wen and Wu of Zhou overthrow the Shang in ancient China. Following their victory at Muye, he continued to serve ...

renounced his claim to the throne and went to live in that fief, and his descendants took its name as their surname. (Cantonese pronunciation – ) * Xú (), which originated as a toponymic surname from the ancient

state of Xu The State of Xu () (also called Xu Rong () or Xu Yi () by its enemies) was an independent Huaiyi state of the Chinese Bronze Age that was ruled by the Ying family () and controlled much of the Huai River valley for at least two centuries. It wa ...

, adopted by the descendants of Boyi after the state was annexed by the

state of Chu Chu, or Ch'u in Wade–Giles romanization, (, Hanyu Pinyin: Chǔ, Old Chinese: ''*s-r̥aʔ'') was a Zhou dynasty vassal state. Their first ruler was King Wu of Chu in the early 8th century BCE. Chu was located in the south of the Zhou hea ...

. (Cantonese pronunciation – ).

Statistics

According to statistics cited by

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, there were 267 people on the island of Great Britain and 12 on the island of Ireland with the surname Chui as of 2011. There had been one person with that surname in Great Britain in 1881. The

2010 United States Census The United States census of 2010 was the twenty-third United States national census. National Census Day, the reference day used for the census, was April 1, 2010. The census was taken via mail-in citizen self-reporting, with enumerators servin ...

found 1,420 people with the surname Chui, making it the 19,138th-most-common name in the country. This represented an increase from 1,303 (19,248th-most-common) in the 2000 Census. In both censuses, more than nine-tenths of the bearers of the surname identified as

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, and roughly two percent as White.

People

Surname 崔

* Chui Sai Cheong (; born 1954), Macau politician, older brother of Fernando Chui * Fernando Chui (; born 1957), second chief executive of Macau *

Anita Chui Anita Chui () is a Hong Kong-born actress and singer. Chui has acted in both local and international films, and is the author of two books. Her debut single, ''Get it Right'', was released in 2022. Early life Chui was born into a middle-class ...

(; born 1988), Hong Kong actress * Vincent Chui (), Hong Kong film director

Surname 徐

Chui A-poo Chui A-poo (; died 1851) was a 19th-century Qing Dynasty, Qing China, Chinese pirate who commanded a fleet of more than 50 junk (ship), junks in the South China Sea. He was one of the two most notorious South China Sea pirates of the era, along ...

(; died 1851), Chinese pirate * Norman Chui (; born 1950), Hong Kong actor *

Alan Chui Chung-San Chui Chung-San (often known as Shu Zhong Xin, Hsu Zhong-Xin or Alan Hsu; 16 August 1952 – 2 November 2022) was a Hong Kong actor, director, choreographer, martial artist and stuntman. He was known for being an action director and stuntman. Ch ...

(; born 1954), Hong Kong actor * Chui Chi-kin (; born 1967), Hong Kong politician * Chui Tien-you (; born 1983), Hong Kong actor

Other or unknown

Nelson Oswaldo Chui Mejía Nelson Oswaldo Chui Mejía (born 20 September 1947 in Chimbote) is a Peruvian engineer, agronomist and politician. He is the former Governor of the Department of Lima, Lima Department serving from 2015 to 2018. Biography Nelson Chui was born in ...

(born 1947), Peruvian politician * Mathieu Ngudjolo Chui (born 1970), Congolese army colonel

References

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