How common is the surname Chia?

1,748 people in the United States had the surname Chia in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 176,628 Americans. It ranked 16,450th of 162,253 surnames.

Is the surname Chia getting more or less common?

More common. 1,481 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,748 in 2010, up 18%.

The surname Chia

A Chinese surname, carried by 1,748 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex C000

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Chia is more common than 89.9% of them.

Origin

Chinese origin

Borrowed from Mandarin 賈／贾 (jiǎ), 郟／郏 (jiá), 甲 (jiǎ), and 家 (jiā).

One of 193 Chinese surnames on this site.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 1,748 people named Chia in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 176,628 Americans. That is up 18% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,481.

#16,450

rank among US surnames

1,748

people in 2010

0.6

per 100,000 Americans

+18%

change since 2000 (was #17,530)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#16,444	Guimond	1,749	176,527
#16,450	Chia	1,748	176,628
#16,457	Chisum	1,747	176,729

Who is named Chia

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

69% of people named Chia identified as Asian and Pacific Islander, 22% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 4.6% as white (not Hispanic).

Asian and Pacific Islander 69%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 22%
White (not Hispanic) 4.6%
Two or more races 2.4%
Black (not Hispanic) 2.2%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.6%

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

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Variant spellings

Cheah
Sia

Surnames that sound like Chia

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

Other Chinese surnames

All 193 Chinese surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Chia come from?: Borrowed from Mandarin 賈／贾 (jiǎ), 郟／郏 (jiá), 甲 (jiǎ), and 家 (jiā).
How common is the surname Chia?: 1,748 people in the United States had the surname Chia in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 176,628 Americans. It ranked 16,450th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Chia?: In the 2010 Census, 69% of people named Chia identified as Asian and Pacific Islander, and 22% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Is the surname Chia getting more or less common?: More common. 1,481 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,748 in 2010, up 18%.
What are other spellings of Chia?: Cheah and Sia.