Chea is a surname in various cultures.
Origins
Chea may be a Cambodian surname ( km, ជា; ). That surname is derived from the Chinese surname
Xiè (), specifically
Southern Min pronunciations of that surname, e.g.
Hokkien Chinese
The Hokkien () variety of Chinese is a Southern Min language native to and originating from the Minnan region, where it is widely spoken in the south-eastern part of Fujian in southeastern mainland China. It is one of the national languages ...
(). Other spellings derived from Southern Min pronunciations of that Chinese surname include
Chia and
Cheah.
Chea may also be an alternative spelling of the Korean surname more commonly
romanised
Romanization or romanisation, in linguistics, is the conversion of text from a different writing system to the Roman (Latin) script, or a system for doing so. Methods of romanization include transliteration, for representing written text, and ...
as
Chae
Chae, also spelled Chai, is a Korean family name and an element in some Korean given names. Its meaning differs based on the hanja used to write it.
Family name Overview
The 2000 South Korean Census found 119,251 people with the family name Chae ...
(; IPA: ).
Statistics
French government statistics show 161 people with the surname Chea born in France from 1991 to 2000, 230 from 1981 to 1990, 45 from 1971 to 1980, five from 1961 to 1970, and none in earlier time periods.
The 2000 South Korean Census found 119,251 people with the family name usually romanised as Chae.
This surname is only rarely spelled as Chea; in a study based on year 2007 applications for
South Korean passport
The Republic of Korea passport ( ko, 대한민국 여권, Daehan Minguk yeogwon), commonly referred to as the South Korean passport, is issued to a South Korean citizen to facilitate their international travel. Like any other passport, South K ...
s, 87.8% of the applicants chose to spell this surname as Chae, and 7.5% as Chai, as compared to only 1.7% who chose the spelling Chea.
The
2010 United States Census
The United States census of 2010 was the twenty-third United States national census. National Census Day, the reference day used for the census, was April 1, 2010. The census was taken via mail-in citizen self-reporting, with enumerators servi ...
found 4,492 people with the surname Chea, making it the 7,411th-most-common name in the country. This represented an increase from 3,404 (8,850th-most-common) in the
2000 Census. In both censuses, slightly more than four-fifths of the bearers of the surname identified as
Asian
Asian may refer to:
* Items from or related to the continent of Asia:
** Asian people, people in or descending from Asia
** Asian culture, the culture of the people from Asia
** Asian cuisine, food based on the style of food of the people from Asi ...
, while the proportion of bearers who identified as black increased from 4.9% in the 2000 Census to 6.3% in the 2010 Census.
Chea was the 359th-most-common surname among respondents to the 2000 Census who identified as Asian.
People
Cambodian surname Chea ():
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Chea Soth
Chea Soth ( km, ជា សុទ្ធ; 3 March 192821 January 2012) was a Cambodian politician. He belonged to the Cambodian People's Party and was elected to represent Prey Veng Province in the National Assembly of Cambodia
The National Ass ...
(1928–2012), Cambodian politician, MP for Prey Veng Province
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Chea Sim
Chea Sim ( km, ជា ស៊ីម; 15 November 19328 June 2015) was a Cambodian politician. He was President of the Cambodian People's Party from 1991 to 2015, President of the National Assembly of Cambodia from 1981 to 1998 (Vice President fr ...
(1932–2015), Cambodian politician, President of the National Assembly (1981–1998)
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Chea Sophara (born 1953), Cambodian politician, Minister of Rural Development (2008–2016)
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Chea Vichea (1968–2004), Cambodian trade unionist
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Chea Poch (born 1974), Cambodian politician, MP for Prey Veng Province
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Chea Samnang (born 1994), Cambodian football midfielder
Other:
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José Luis Chea Urruela (), Guatemalan politician
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Alvin Chea (born 1967), American gospel singer
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Chea Song-joo (born 1998), South Korean figure skater
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Leanna Chea, French actress
See also
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Chea Cheapoo
Chea Job Cheapoo, Sr. (2 November 1942 – 16 September 2020) was a Liberian politician who served as the 15th Chief Justice of Liberia from July 1987 until his impeachment and removal from office on December 2 of that year. His full rights were ...
(born 1942), Liberian judge
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Nuon Chea
Nuon Chea ( km, នួន ជា; born Lao Kim Lorn; 7 July 1926 – 4 August 2019), also known as Long Bunruot ( km, ឡុង ប៊ុនរត្ន) or Rungloet Laodi ( th, รุ่งเลิศ เหล่าดี), was a Cambodian c ...
(born Lau Kim Korn, 1926–2019), Cambodian war criminal and deputy to Pol Pot
References
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Chinese-language surnames
Multiple Chinese surnames
Surnames of Cambodian origin
Khmer-language surnames