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 Southern Min (), Minnan (Mandarin pronunciation: ) or Banlam (), is a group of linguistically similar and historically related Sinitic languages that form a branch of Min Chinese spoken in Fujian (especially the Minnan region), most of Taiwan ...

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 in T ...

(). Other spellings derived from Southern Min pronunciations of that Chinese surname include

Chia Chia may refer to: Plants * ''Salvia hispanica'', flowering plant in the sage family ** Chia seed, edible seeds of ''Salvia hispanica'' * ''Salvia columbariae'', an annual plant that is commonly called chia, chia sage, golden chia or desert chi ...

and

Cheah Xie (; ) is a Chinese-language surname. lt is usually romanized as "Hsieh" in Taiwan. It is estimated that there are more than ten million people with this surname, the majority of whom live in Taiwan, Southern China, South East Asia, America, ...

. 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 ...

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 Ko ...

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 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 (): *

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 in 2003. He was Mini ...

(1928–2012), Cambodian politician, MP for Prey Veng Province *

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) *

Chea Sophara Chea Sophara ( km, ជា សុផារ៉ា; born 20 March 1953) is a Cambodian politician who currently serves as Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Land Management, Urban Planning and Construction since 2016. From 2008 to 2016, he was ...

(born 1953), Cambodian politician, Minister of Rural Development (2008–2016) *

Chea Vichea Chea Vichea ( km, ជា វិជ្ជា) was the leader of the Free Trade Union of Workers of the Kingdom of Cambodia (FTUWKC) until his assassination on Chinese New Year, 22 January 2004. Following his death, he was succeeded in his positio ...

(1968–2004), Cambodian trade unionist *

Chea Poch Chea Poch (, born 2 January 1974) is a Cambodian politician. He belongs to the Sam Rainsy Party and was elected to represent Prey Veng Province in the National Assembly of Cambodia The National Assembly ( km, រដ្ឋសភា, ) is one ...

(born 1974), Cambodian politician, MP for Prey Veng Province *

Chea Samnang Chea Samnang (born 15 May 1994) is a Cambodian footballer who plays for the Preah Khan Reach Svay Rieng in the Cambodian League The Cambodian Premier League ( km, លីគកំពូលកម្ពុជា, ) is the highest professional ...

(born 1994), Cambodian football midfielder Other: *

José Luis Chea Urruela José Luis Chea Urruela is a Guatemalan politician who served as Minister of Culture and Sports from January 2016 to November 2018 under the government of Jimmy Morales. Chea Urruela graduated from the Xavier Lyceum in Guatemala City in 1971 ...

(), Guatemalan politician *

Alvin Chea Take 6 is an American a cappella gospel sextet formed in 1980 on the campus of Oakwood College in Huntsville, Alabama. The group integrates jazz with spiritual and inspirational lyrics. Take 6 has received several Grammy Awards as well as Do ...

(born 1967), American gospel singer *

Chea Song-joo Chea Song-joo ( Hangul:채송주) (born August 19, 1998) is a South Korean figure skater Figure skating is a sport in which individuals, pairs, or groups perform on figure skates on ice. It was the first winter sport to be included in the O ...

(born 1998), South Korean figure skater *

Leanna Chea Leanna Chea is a French actress of Vietnamese and Cambodian descent. She is most noted for her performance in the 2019 Canadian film ''14 Days, 12 Nights ''14 Days, 12 Nights'' (french: 14 jours 12 nuits) is a 2019 Canadian drama film directed ...

, French actress

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{{surname, Chea Chinese-language surnames Multiple Chinese surnames Surnames of Cambodian origin Khmer-language surnames

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