where did the last name chew come from
Chew (surname) 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.