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The surname Hsia

A surname, carried by 1,275 people in the United States.

1 syllable Soundex H200

Hsia: #20,739 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Hsia #20,739, 1,275 people Hsia: #20,739 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Hsia #20,739, 1,275 people
Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Hsia is more common than 87.2% of them.

Origin

From Mandarin 夏 (Xià) Wade–Giles romanization: Hsia⁴.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 1,275 people named Hsia in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 242,153 Americans. That is up 7.8% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,183.

#20,739
rank among US surnames
1,275
people in 2010
0.4
per 100,000 Americans
+7.8%
change since 2000 (was #20,763)

Who is named Hsia

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

93% of people named Hsia identified as Asian and Pacific Islander, 3.1% as two or more races and 2.1% as white (not Hispanic).

  • Asian and Pacific Islander 93%
  • Two or more races 3.1%
  • White (not Hispanic) 2.1%
  • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.4%
The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Black, Native American are not shown.

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

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Variant spellings

Surnames that sound like Hsia

Hsia has the Soundex code H200, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code H200.

Questions

Where does the surname Hsia come from?
From Mandarin 夏 (Xià) Wade–Giles romanization: Hsia⁴.
How common is the surname Hsia?
1,275 people in the United States had the surname Hsia in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 242,153 Americans. It ranked 20,739th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Hsia?
In the 2010 Census, 93% of people named Hsia identified as Asian and Pacific Islander, and 3.1% as two or more races.
Is the surname Hsia getting more or less common?
More common. 1,183 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,275 in 2010, up 7.8%.
What are other spellings of Hsia?
Xia.