Zha (surname)

Zha (查)
PronunciationZhā (Mandarin)
Language(s)Chinese
Origin
Language(s)Old Chinese
Word/nameJiāng (surname 姜)
Other names
Variant form(s)Cha

Zha is the Mandarin pinyin romanization of the Chinese surname written in Chinese character. It is romanized as Cha in Wade–Giles. Zha is listed 397th in the Song dynasty classic text Hundred Family Surnames.[1] As of 2008, it is the 176th most common surname in China, shared by 680,000 people.[2] It was originated as a branch of the Jiang (姜) surname. Zha was originally the name of a district in modern-day Shandong province.[3]

  1. ^ "百家姓" [Hundred Family Surnames] (in Chinese). Guoxue. Retrieved 2014-10-28.
  2. ^ 中国最新300大姓排名(2008) [300 most common surnames in China (2008)] (in Chinese). Taiwan.cn. 2009-01-06. Retrieved 2014-10-28.
  3. ^ 尋根溯源中國人的姓氏: Genealogical Research on Chinese Surnames