The surname Jia
A Chinese surname, carried by 2,409 people in the United States.
2 syllables Soundex J000 Also a first name
Origin
Chinese origin
Borrowed from Mandarin 賈／贾 (jiǎ).
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 2,409 people named Jia in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 128,163 Americans. That is up 143% since 2000, when the Census counted 990.
Who is named Jia
Race and Hispanic origin as people reported it in the 2010 Census
97% of people named Jia identified as Asian and Pacific Islander, 1.7% as white (not Hispanic).
- Asian and Pacific Islander 97%
- White (not Hispanic) 1.7%
- Hispanic or Latino (any race) 0.5%
- Two or more races 0.5%
Compare: most common surnames among Asian and Pacific Islander Americans.
Famous Jias
1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first
- Jia Sixie
Spellings and sound-alikes
Useful when a record has your ancestor under another spelling
Surnames that sound like Jia
Jia has the Soundex code J000, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code J000.
Other Chinese surnames
Questions
- Where does the surname Jia come from?
- Borrowed from Mandarin 賈／贾 (jiǎ).
- How common is the surname Jia?
- 2,409 people in the United States had the surname Jia in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 128,163 Americans. It ranked 12,802nd of 162,253 surnames.
- What ethnicity is the surname Jia?
- In the 2010 Census, 97% of people named Jia identified as Asian and Pacific Islander, and 1.7% as white (not Hispanic).
- Who is the most famous person named Jia?
- Jia Sixie.
- Is the surname Jia getting more or less common?
- More common. 990 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,409 in 2010, up 143%.
- Is Jia also a first name?
- Yes. Jia is used as a first name as well as a surname; its first-name page has the meaning and how many babies were given it.