# Chiu vs Chua

> English confusable word pair

## The two words

### Chiu
*name · frequency rank #32,318*
A surname from Cantonese.

### Chua
*name · frequency rank #45,843*
A surname from Hokkien.

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-09-03.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/vs/chiu-vs-chua