How common is the surname Xia?

3,693 people in the United States had the surname Xia in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 83,603 Americans. It ranked 8,867th of 162,253 surnames.

Is the surname Xia getting more or less common?

More common. 1,847 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 3,693 in 2010, up 100%.

The surname Xia

A surname, carried by 3,693 people in the United States.

Pronounced /ʃɑ/ 1 syllable Soundex X000

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Xia is more common than 94.5% of them.

Origin

From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 夏 (Xià).

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 3,693 people named Xia in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 83,603 Americans. That is up 100% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,847.

#8,867

rank among US surnames

3,693

people in 2010

1.3

per 100,000 Americans

+99.9%

change since 2000 (was #14,745)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#8,861	Barbera	3,696	83,535
#8,862	Lutes	3,695	83,558
#8,865	Hoyos	3,694	83,580
#8,867	Bretz	3,693	83,603
#8,870	Cirillo	3,692	83,626

Who is named Xia

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

97% of people named Xia identified as Asian and Pacific Islander, 1.3% as white (not Hispanic).

Asian and Pacific Islander 97%
White (not Hispanic) 1.3%
Two or more races 0.7%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 0.6%

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

Useful when a record has your ancestor under another spelling

Variant spellings

Hsia

Surnames that sound like Xia

Xia has the Soundex code X000, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code X000.

Questions

Where does the surname Xia come from?: From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 夏 (Xià).
How common is the surname Xia?: 3,693 people in the United States had the surname Xia in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 83,603 Americans. It ranked 8,867th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Xia?: In the 2010 Census, 97% of people named Xia identified as Asian and Pacific Islander, and 1.3% as white (not Hispanic).
How do you pronounce Xia?: Xia is /ʃɑ/, one syllable.
Is the surname Xia getting more or less common?: More common. 1,847 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 3,693 in 2010, up 100%.
What are other spellings of Xia?: Hsia.