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{{Infobox surname
| pronunciation = {{Unbulleted list|{{IPA|km|ciə|lang}}|{{IPA|ko|t͡ɕʰe̞|lang}}}}
| origin        = Cambodia, Korea
}}

'''Chea''' is a surname in various cultures.

==Origins==
Chea may be a Cambodian surname ({{langx|km|ជា}}; {{IPA|km|ciə|IPA}}).<ref>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=FJoDDAAAQBAJ&pg=PA321|first=Patrick|last=Hanks|authorlink=Patrick Hanks|title=Dictionary of American Family Names|publisher=Oxford University Press|year=2003|isbn=9780199771691}}</ref> That surname is derived{{citation needed|date=November 2018}} from the Chinese surname [[Xie (surname)|Xiè]] ({{zh|links=no|first=t|t={{linktext|謝}}|s=谢}}), specifically [[Southern Min]] pronunciations of that surname, e.g. [[Hokkien Chinese]] ({{zh|poj=Chia{{sup|7}}, Sia{{sup|7}}|}}).<ref>{{cite book|url=https://archive.org/details/dictionaryofamoy00camp|first1=William|last1=Campbell|authorlink=William Campbell (missionary)|last2=Kâm|first2=Uî-lîm|title=A dictionary of the Amoy vernacular spoken throughout the prefectures of Chin-Chiu, Chiang-Chiu and Formosa|orig-year=1913|year=1965|edition=8th|publisher=[[Taiwan Church News]] Press|page=[https://archive.org/details/dictionaryofamoy00camp/page/954 954]|oclc=23240276}}</ref> Other spellings derived from Southern Min pronunciations of that Chinese surname include [[Chia (surname)|Chia]] and [[Cheah]].<ref name="Hanks">{{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}}</ref>

Chea may also be an alternative spelling of the Korean surname more commonly [[Romanization of Korean|romanised]] as [[Chae]] ({{Korean|links=no|hangul=채|hanja={{linktext|lim=,{{sp}}|蔡|菜|采}}|}}; IPA: {{IPA|[t͡ɕʰe̞]}}).<ref name="NIKL2009">{{cite book|url=http://korean.go.kr/front/etcData/etcDataView.do?etc_seq=179&mn_id=46|script-title=ko:씨 로마자 표기 방안: 마련을 위한 토론회|trans-title=Plan for romanisation of surnames: a preparatory discussion|publisher=National Institute of the Korean Language|date=25 June 2009|access-date=27 November 2018|page=67}}</ref>

==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.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.insee.fr/fr/statistiques/3536630|title=Fichier des noms|publisher=[[Institut national de la statistique et des études économiques]]|date=22 May 2018|access-date=21 September 2020}}</ref>

The 2000 South Korean Census found 119,251 people with the family name usually romanised as Chae.<ref name="Census2000">{{cite web|url=http://kosis.kr/statHtml/statHtml.do?orgId=101&tblId=DT_1INOOSB&vw_cd=&list_id=&scrId=&seqNo=&lang_mode=ko&obj_var_id=&itm_id=&conn_path=K1&path=|title=행정구역(구시군)/성씨·본관별 가구 및 인구|trans-title=Family names by administrative region (district, city, county): separated by ''bon-gwan'', households and individuals|publisher=Korean Statistical Information Service|access-date=27 November 2018}}</ref> This surname is only rarely spelled as Chea; in a study based on year 2007 applications for [[South Korean passport]]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.<ref name="NIKL2009"/>

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 United States Census|2000 Census]]. In both censuses, slightly more than four-fifths of the bearers of the surname identified as [[Asian Americans|Asian]], while the proportion of bearers who identified as black increased from 4.9% in the 2000 Census to 6.3% in the 2010 Census.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://projects.newsday.com/databases/long-island/census-last-names/?where=name^Chea&offset=0|title=How common is your last name?|newspaper=Newsday|access-date=27 November 2018}}</ref> Chea was the 359th-most-common surname among respondents to the 2000 Census who identified as Asian.<ref name="Monga">{{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=27 November 2018}}</ref>

==People==
Cambodian surname Chea ({{lang|km|ជា}}):
*[[Chea Soth]] (1928–2012), Cambodian politician, MP for Prey Veng Province
*[[Chea Sim]] (1932–2015), Cambodian politician, President of the National Assembly (1981–1998)
*[[Veasna Chea Leth]] (born 1944), Cambodian lawyer
*[[Chea Sophara]] (born 1953), Cambodian politician, Minister of Rural Development (2008–2016)
*[[Chea Vichea]] (1968–2004), Cambodian trade unionist
*[[Chea Poch]] (born 1974), Cambodian politician, MP for Prey Veng Province
*[[Chea Serey]] (born 1981), Cambodian economist 
*[[Chea Samnang]] (born 1994), Cambodian football midfielder

Other:
*[[José Luis Chea Urruela]] ({{fl.|1960s–present}}), Guatemalan politician
*[[Alvin Chea]] (born 1967), American gospel singer
*[[Chea Song-joo]] (born 1998), South Korean figure skater
*[[Leanna Chea]], French actress

==See also==
*[[Chea Waters Evans]], American politician from Vermont
*[[Chea Cheapoo]] (born 1942), Liberian judge
*[[Nuon Chea]] (born Lau Kim Korn, 1926–2019), Cambodian war criminal and deputy to Pol Pot

==References==
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[[Category:Chinese-language surnames]]
[[Category:Multiple Chinese surnames]]
[[Category:Surnames of Cambodian origin]]
[[Category:Khmer-language surnames]]