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.[1] 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).[2] In
Italy, 72 families bore the surname Chia, with more than half located in
Sardinia.[3]
Origins
Chia may be a spelling of a number of Chinese surnames, based on different
varieties of Chinese, listed below by their romanisation in
Mandarinpinyin:
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.[4]
^Fielde, Adele M. (1883).
"謝". A pronouncing and defining dictionary of the Swatow dialect, arranged according to syllables and tones. Shanghai: American Presbyterian Mission Press. p. 94. Additionally see
"謝". mogher.com. Retrieved 11 January 2018.
^Fielde 1883, p.
94. Additionally see
"車". mogher.com. Retrieved 11 January 2018.
^Concas, Giuseppe.
"Chia". Origine & significato dei cognome sardi. Retrieved 18 January 2018.
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