Chew ( surname ) - wikipedia Chew ( surname ) The surname Chew is a Hokkien, Cantonese, English or Korean name. Some would argue that it is an Hokkien version of Zhou, and that the Cantonese version is Chow. The list of notable Chinese people with Chew as a surname mostly consists of people from Malaysia or Singapore, where Hokkien is the main Chinese dialect. The British colonialists were responsible for the transliteration from the Chinese. Chew is also a Scottish and Somerset, England, surname. Notable people with the surname include : Benjamin Chew ( 1722 -- 1810 ), American jurist Samuel Chew ( justice ) ( 1699 -- 1744 ) Samuel Chew ( captain ) ( c. 1750 - 1778 ), captain in the American Continental Navy Ng Poon Chew ( 1866 - 1931 ), Chinese - American writer and publisher Geoffrey Chew ( born 1924 ), American theoretical physicist Paddy Chew ( 1960 - 1999 ), Singaporean AIDS victim Betty Chew ( born 1964 ), Malaysian Chinese politician Charles Chew ( 1922 - 1986 ), American politician Chew Chor Meng ( born 1968 ), Singaporean television actor Chew Pok Cheong ( born 1970 ), Malaysian cricketer Chew Choon Eng ( born 1976 ), Malaysian badminton player Chew Sin Huey ( born 1981 ), Malaysian pop singer Patricia Chew, CNN Hong Kong news anchor Ray Chew, American jazz musician Robert F. Chew, American actor Roger Preston Chew, Confederate officer in the American Civil War and West Virginia businessman Wee - Lek Chew ( born 1932 ), botanist See also Chew ( disambiguation ) This page lists people with the surname Chew. If an internal link intending to refer to a specific person led you to this page, you may wish to change that link by adding the person 's given name ( s ) to the link. Retrieved from `` https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Chew_(surname)&oldid=781593214 '' Categories : Surnames Hokkien - language surnames Korean - language surnames Hidden categories : All set index articles Talk About Wikipedia Русский Edit links This page was last edited on 22 May 2017, at 04 : 24. About Wikipedia

Question: where did the last name chew come from
Answer: Hokkien version of Zhou