Chia (surname)

Chia was the 20th-most common Chinese surname in Singapore as of 1997 (ranked by English spelling, rather than by Chinese characters). Roughly 22,600 people, or 0.9% of the Chinese Singaporean population at the time, bore the surname Chia.{{cite news|url=http://www.singstat.gov.sg/pubn/papers/people/chinesesurnames.html|title=Popular Chinese Surnames in Singapore|newspaper=Statistics Singapore Newsletter|volume=20|number=2|date=October 1997|access-date=8 January 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080223075738/http://www.singstat.gov.sg/pubn/papers/people/chinesesurnames.html|archive-date=23 February 2008}} Among respondents to the 2000 United States Census, Chia was the 856th-most common surname among Asian Pacific Americans, and 17,530th-most common overall, with 1,481 bearers (72.78% of whom identified as Asian/Pacific Islander).{{cite web|url=http://names.mongabay.com/data/asian_pacific_islander.html|title=Most common last names for Asians and Pacific Islanders in the U.S.|publisher=Mongabay|access-date=8 January 2018}} In Italy, 72 families bore the surname Chia, with more than half located in Sardinia.{{cite web|url=http://www.cognomix.it/mappe-dei-cognomi-italiani/CHIA|title=Diffusione del cognome Chia|work=Mappe dei Cognomi Italiani|access-date=18 January 2018}}

Chia may be a spelling of a number of Chinese surnames, based on different varieties of Chinese, listed below by their romanisation in Mandarin pinyin:

• Jia (various characters and tones), all spelled Chia in the Wade–Giles romanisation of Mandarin used before the development of pinyin, and still widespread in Taiwan.{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=IGAClRACrsYC&pg=PA40|first=Emma Woo|last=Louie|title=Chinese American Names: Tradition and Transition|publisher=McFarland|year=1988|isbn=9780786438778|pages=40, 75, 183}}
• Jiā ({{linktext|lang=zh|家}}; IPA: /t͡ɕia⁵⁵/){{cite book|first=Sheau-yueh J.|last=Chao|title=Genealogical Research on Chinese Surnames|publisher=Genealogical Publishing Company|year=2000|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=t26Iv0Octa0C&pg=PA31|page=31|isbn=9780806349466 }}
• Jiá ({{linktext|lang=zh|郟}}; IPA: /t͡ɕia³⁵/), which originated as a toponymic surname.
• Jiǎ ({{linktext|lang=zh|賈}}; IPA: /t͡ɕia²¹⁴/), which also originated as a toponymic surname referring to the {{ill|State of Jia|zh|賈國}}, one of the ancient Chinese states, a feudal territory granted to a son of Shu Yu of Tang, located in modern-day Linfen, Shanxi.
• Jiǎ ({{linktext|lang=zh|甲}}; IPA: /t͡ɕia²¹⁴/), which originated as a shortening of an ancient toponymic surname Jiǎfù ({{lang|zh|甲父}}).
• Xiè ({{linktext|lang=zh|謝}}), spelled Chia based on its pronunciation in various Southern Min dialects, including:{{cite book|editor-first=Patrick|editor-last=Hanks|editor2-first=Richard|editor2-last=Coates|editor3-first=Peter|editor3-last=McClure|title=The Oxford Dictionary of Family Names in Britain and Ireland|publisher=Oxford University Press|year=2016|isbn=9780192527479|page=491|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=0AyDDQAAQBAJ&pg=PA491}}
• Hokkien (Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Chiā; IPA: /t͡ɕia³³/)
• Teochew (Peng'im: Zia⁷; IPA: /t͡sia¹¹/){{cite book|chapter-url=https://archive.org/stream/pronouncingdefin00fielrich#page/94/mode/2up|first=Adele M.|last=Fielde|author-link=Adele M. Fielde|chapter=謝|title=A pronouncing and defining dictionary of the Swatow dialect, arranged according to syllables and tones|location=Shanghai|publisher=American Presbyterian Mission Press|year=1883|page=94}} Additionally see {{cite web|url=https://www.mogher.com/%E8%AC%9D|title=謝|website=mogher.com|access-date=11 January 2018}}
• Chē ({{linktext|lang=zh|車}}), spelled Chia based on its pronunciation in various Southern Min dialects, including:{{harvnb|Hanks|Coates|McClure|2016|p=491}}
• Hokkien (POJ: Chhia, IPA: /t͡ɕʰia⁴⁴/)
• Teochew (Peng'im: Cia¹; IPA: /t͡sʰia³³/){{harnvb|Fielde|1883|p=[https://archive.org/stream/pronouncingdefin00fielrich#page/94/mode/2up 94]}}. Additionally see {{cite web|url=https://www.mogher.com/%E8%BB%8A|title=車|website=mogher.com|access-date=11 January 2018}}

It is also an Italian toponymic surname referring to Chia, Province of South Sardinia. That toponym may have originated from a Phoenician word for "valley".{{cite web|url=http://www.nominis.net/index.php/cognomi/33-c/ci/309-chia|first=Giuseppe|last=Concas|title=Chia|work=Origine & significato dei cognome sardi|access-date=18 January 2018}}

{{for|people with the same Chinese surname spelled other ways in English|Xie (surname)#Famous people with the surname Xie}}

• Chia Boon Leong ({{lang|zh-Hans|谢文龙}}; 1925–2022), Singaporean footballer
• Eric Chia ({{lang|zh-Hans|谢英福}}; 1930s–2008), Malaysian businessman
• Nicholas Chia ({{lang|zh-Hans|谢益裕}}; 1938–2024), third Roman Catholic Archbishop of Singapore
• Chia Thye Poh ({{lang|zh-Hans|谢太宝}}; born 1941), Singaporean political activist imprisoned for 23 years without charge or trial
• Mantak Chia ({{lang|zh-Hant|謝明德}}; born 1944), Thai Taoist master
• Yvonne Chia ({{lang|zh-Hans|谢姚依雯}}; born {{circa|1953}}), Malaysian banker
• Chia Yong Yong ({{lang|zh-Hans|谢邕邕}}; born 1962), Singaporean lawyer and politician
• Steve Chia ({{lang|zh-Hans|谢镜丰}}; born 1970), Singaporean politician
• Danny Chia ({{lang|zh-Hans|谢志荣}}; born 1972), Malaysian golfer
• Michelle Chia ({{lang|zh-Hans|谢韵仪}}; born 1975), Singaporean actress
• Elvin Chia ({{lang|zh-Hans|谢俊道}}; born 1977), Malaysian swimmer
• Amber Chia ({{lang|zh-Hans|谢丽萍}}; born 1981), Malaysian model and actress
• Wen Shin Chia ({{lang|zh-Hans|谢雯欣}}; born {{c.|1991}}), Malaysian environmentalist
• Kimberly Chia ({{lang|zh-Hans|谢静仪}}; born 1995), Singaporean actress
• Aaron Chia ({{lang|zh-Hans|谢定峰}}; born 1997), Malaysian badminton player
• Nelson Chia ({{lang|zh-Hans|谢燊杰}}), Singaporean television actor and director

{{about||people with the same Chinese surname spelled other ways in English|Jia (surname)#Notable people|and|:zh:賈姓}}

• Chia Ching-teh ({{lang|zh-Hant|賈景德}}; 1880–1960), Republic of China politician
• Chia Lien-chen ({{lang|zh-Hant|賈連仁}}; 1912–?), Chinese middle-distance runner
• Pei-yuan Chia ({{lang|zh-Hant|賈培源}}; born 1939), Hong Kong-born American banker
• Alyssa Chia ({{lang|zh-Hant|賈靜雯}}; born 1974), Taiwanese actress
• Chih-Ta Chia ({{lang|zh-Hant|賈至達}}), Taiwanese physicist
• Wenlan Chia ({{lang|zh-Hant|賈雯蘭}}), Taipei-born American fashion designer

People with a non-Chinese surname Chia, or whose names as written in Chinese characters are not available:

• Chia Chungchang ({{fl.|1948}}), Chinese basketball player
• Víctor Li-Carrillo Chía (1929–1988), Peruvian philosopher
• Cheng Sait Chia (1940–1981), Singaporean-born Canadian poet
• Sandro Chia (born 1946), Italian painter and sculptor
• Beatrice Chia (born 1974), Singaporean actress
• Gec Chia (born 1979), Filipino businessman and former basketball player
• Daphne Chia (born 1996), Singaporean gymnast
• Luis Carlos Chía (born 1997), Colombian cyclist
• Grace Chia, Singaporean writer

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• Chica (name)
• Chika (general name)

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