How common is the surname Chea?

4,492 people in the United States had the surname Chea in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 68,732 Americans. It ranked 7,411th of 162,253 surnames.

Is the surname Chea getting more or less common?

More common. 3,404 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 4,492 in 2010, up 32%.

The surname Chea

A Khmer surname, carried by 4,492 people in the United States.

1 syllable Soundex C000

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Chea is more common than 95.4% of them.

Origin

Khmer origin

From Khmer ជា (ciə), in turn borrowed from Hokkien 謝／谢 (Chiā) or Teochew 謝／谢 (zia7).

One of 19 Khmer surnames on this site.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 4,492 people named Chea in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 68,732 Americans. That is up 32% since 2000, when the Census counted 3,404.

#7,411

rank among US surnames

4,492

people in 2010

1.5

per 100,000 Americans

+32%

change since 2000 (was #8,850)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#7,404	Edmiston	4,495	68,686
#7,406	Roof	4,494	68,702
#7,408	Zou	4,493	68,717
#7,411	Grullon	4,492	68,732
#7,413	Bonney	4,491	68,748
#7,418	Breslin	4,490	68,763

Who is named Chea

Race and Hispanic origin as people reported it in the 2010 Census

84% of people named Chea identified as Asian and Pacific Islander, 6.3% as Black (not Hispanic) and 4.2% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Asian and Pacific Islander 84%
Black (not Hispanic) 6.3%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 4.2%
White (not Hispanic) 3.0%
Two or more races 2.7%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.2%

Compare: most common surnames among Asian and Pacific Islander Americans.

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Chea

Chea has the Soundex code C000, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code C000.

Other Khmer surnames

All 19 Khmer surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Chea come from?: From Khmer ជា (ciə), in turn borrowed from Hokkien 謝／谢 (Chiā) or Teochew 謝／谢 (zia7).
How common is the surname Chea?: 4,492 people in the United States had the surname Chea in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 68,732 Americans. It ranked 7,411th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Chea?: In the 2010 Census, 84% of people named Chea identified as Asian and Pacific Islander, and 6.3% as Black (not Hispanic).
Is the surname Chea getting more or less common?: More common. 3,404 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 4,492 in 2010, up 32%.