Ča

surname · Latin script

Recorded as a female name· opposite-gender records fall within measured source noise

Ča is a surname written in the Latin script, with more bearers in the United States than in any other country.

rarermore common
  • VNVietnam≈1 in 6.9K(inferred from the name graph)
  • ITItaly≈1 in 57K
  • BRBrazil1 in 261K

carrying the name, as counted by its national register where one exists and as Mondonomo estimates it elsewhere (marked ≈ and "est." on hover). Where a country counts another spelling of the name rather than Ča itself, the figure is that spelling’s, and it is named. One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.

United States (measured from records)

28,508 named Chu, 2010

3 (measured from records)

recorded for this name

Sources
190 (measured from records)

Highest-authority source

≈1 in 6.9K (inferred from the name graph)

Vietnam, est.

measured from records inferred from the name graph

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Spellings & scripts(measured from records)

ČaLatin(measured from records)
ЧаCyrillic(measured from records)
ცაGeorgian(measured from records)

One other spelling is counted as the same name:

Locally spelled Ca in US United States, CN China, IT Italy and 3 more.

Spellings marked ● are how people bearing the name write it in our records, and ○ marks a model's transliteration; click a spelling to open its page.

Meaning & origin(measured from records)

recorded in Croatian

zamjenički prilog; u književnom jeziku ne upotrebljava se sam, nego u starijih pisaca i u narječjima: 'čak, dori, hine, procul, longe'

Sources 1

  • Skok, Etimologijski rječnik hrvatskoga ili srpskoga jezika (1971-74)

Attested across 18 languages in the etymology graph.

Where in the world(measured from records)

Ča counted together with the spellings and other-language forms grouped with it. Where a register counted another spelling, the row names it.

Sorted by bearers: national registers' counts, and Mondonomo's estimates (≈, est.) where no register counts.

Where Ča is recorded, by country
CountryMost common spellingSources
US United States—28,508as Chu1 in 12K30KCa190
VN Vietnam#231≈14,000 est.≈1 in 6.9KlistedCa103
CN China—≈4,900 est.≈1 in 283K—Ca19
DE Germany—≈2,200 est.≈1 in 37K—Ca64
IT Italy—≈1,100 est.≈1 in 57KlistedCa51
BR Brazil—8101 in 261K810Ca73
UY Uruguay—371as Cha1 in 9.1K371—6
SE Sweden—302as Chu1 in 34K548—5
FI Finland—201as Chu1 in 28K269—4

28,508 people counted by Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2010, 2010, counting the spelling chu. Exact figures are national registers' own counts, while figures marked ≈ and est. are Mondonomo’s estimates, counted from our sources and calibrated against those registers; hover one for how far to trust it in that country. A dash means neither exists.

Registers cited: Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2010; Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2020; IBGE — Censo 2022 Nomes no Brasil per-token lookup (v3 API, given+surname); Skatteverket — Sök hur många som har ett visst namn (living population); INE Uruguay — Apellidos más frecuentes 1902–2024 (Tableau Public); DVV — Nimipalvelu (Finnish name service, per-name lookup). Figures without a register are Mondonomo estimates; see Methodology.

Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table (how that works).

Other recorded senses(measured from records)

Ča is also recorded in 3 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.

  • In cau-nkh-pro, bear

    as a wordStarLing Tower of Babel etymological databases (Starostin et al.)

  • In Serbo-Croatian, what (interrogative)

    as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

  • In Serbo-Croatian, zamjenički prilog; u književnom jeziku ne upotrebljava se sam, nego u starijih pisaca i u narječjima: 'čak, dori, hine, procul, longe'

    as a wordSkok, Etimologijski rječnik hrvatskoga ili srpskoga jezika (1971-74)

Ordered by how much of this spelling's record each language holds, so a sense from a language the name is barely used in sits last rather than first.

Notable people with this name(measured from records)

16001700180019002000Zha Jizuo, b. 1601Zha Shibiao, b. 1615Cha Chi Ming, b. 1914Mu Dan, b. 1918Jin Yong, b. 1924Zha Quanxing, b. 1925Laura Cha, b. 1949Ja Song Nam, b. 1954Jianying Zha, b. 1959Hai Zi, b. 1964
  • Zha Jizuob. 1601CNnot in their usual nameChinese writer
  • Zha Shibiaob. 1615not in their usual nameChinese painter (1615-1698)
  • Cha Chi Mingb. 1914CNnot in their usual nameHong Kong businessman
  • Mu Danb. 1918CNnot in their usual nameChinese poet (1918-1977)
  • Jin Yongb. 1924CNnot in their usual nameHong Kong writer (1924-2018)
  • Zha Quanxingb. 1925CNnot in their usual nameChinese electrochemist (1925-2019)
  • Laura Chab. 1949CNnot in their usual nameChinese businesswoman and politician
  • Ja Song Namb. 1954KPnot in their usual nameNorth Korean diplomat
  • Jianying Zhab. 1959CNnot in their usual nameChinese-American writer
  • Hai Zib. 1964CNnot in their usual nameChinese poet

The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).

Evidence(measured from records)

Attested in 1 sources across 0 countries.

Reference works 1

  • Wikipedia given-name tokens

These works list the name; their figures are licensed and are not reproduced here.

Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.

Frequently asked questions

In which country does Ča have the most bearers?
In the United States, the national register counted about 29 thousand people named Chu, more than in any other country we hold.
How common is the name Ča?
In Brazil, the national register counted 810 people named Ča, about 1 in 261 thousand residents.
How common is Ča compared with other names?
In Vietnam, Ča is the 231st most common surname of 62,915 surnames recorded there.

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About this data

measured from records inferred from the name graph machine-generated

These figures come from the data snapshot of and will change as it is rebuilt.

Statistics are aggregated from the Mondonomo name corpus; related names and etymology are inferred from the name graph; pronunciation and any machine-marked transliterations are model-generated. Read how the numbers are made, including their known failure modes, and where the data comes from.

Reference works we consult — surname dictionaries, official name registers, Wikidata and Wiktionary — are named directly, beside the claims they support. The per-country source counts also include datasets of person records: we publish how many there are and their authority tier, but not their names.

Cite this page Mondonomo, “Ča” — the 231st most common surname in Vietnam. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.

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