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The Cha surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 9,732 people carried this name — #3,654 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 30,300 people counted. That is up 26% from 7,698 in 2000.

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In Argentina’s national register

At least 346 people named Cha live in Argentina.

RENAPER only publishes a name in a province when more than ten people there share it, so the real number is higher. Most of them live in Buenos Aires Province.

Where it concentrates, on the map

Where they live today

Buenos Aires Province 180
City of Buenos Aires 89
Salta 27
Córdoba 21
Santa Fe 18
Entre Ríos 11

RENAPER (National Registry of Persons, Argentina), surnames of residents by province, December 2021 — CC BY 4.0.

In France’s civil register

France’s register of deaths holds 115 people named Cha.

39 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 14 départements, most often Hautes-Pyrénées.

Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.

Where they were born

Born outside France 39
Hautes-Pyrénées 49
Paris 6
Pyrénées-Atlantiques 4
Indre-et-Loire 3
Charente 3
Gard 2
Maine-et-Loire 2
Finistère 1

Fichier des personnes décédées, INSEE — Licence Ouverte 2.0 · deaths recorded in France since 1970, by place of birth.

In Switzerland’s population statistics

29 people named Cha live in Switzerland.

They live in 4 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Vaud.

Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.

Where they live today

Vaud 11
Zurich 10
Geneva 4
Schwyz 4

Swiss Federal Statistical Office (FSO), «Surnames of the permanent resident population by canton», 2025, opendata.swiss/en/dataset/nachnamen-der-standigen-wohnbevolkerung-nach-kanton3 · names with fewer than 3 bearers in a canton are not published.

In the Nordic population registers

24 people named Cha is counted in Sweden.

Sweden’s figure is from 31 December 2022, the last count Statistics Sweden published.

Counted, by country

Sweden (2022) 24

Own calculations based on data from Statistics Sweden (SCB), surnames with at least two bearers, 31 December 2022 — CC BY 4.0 (names with 20 or more bearers shown).

In print

Cha in American newspapers,
1911–1916.

Newspaper page from The Snyder Signal carrying the name Cha
The Snyder Signal 1912-09-13
Newspaper page from The Topeka State Journal carrying the name Cha
The Topeka State Journal 1916-02-17
Newspaper page from The Snyder Signal carrying the name Cha
The Snyder Signal 1911-09-08

Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 3,894,802 pages in all carry the name.

Who carried it

People named Cha,
with a public archive behind them.

  • Cha Bo-ryun d. 1962 · merchant
  • Ch'a Ch'ŏl-lo 1556–1615 · calligrapher
  • Ch'a I-sŏk 1881–1945 · politician
  • Cha Hyung-won 1890–1972 · actor
  • Cha Nam-jin 1893–1970
  • Ch'a Kŭm-bong 1898–1929 · political activist

Wikidata (CC0).

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Surnames next to Cha.

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