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Chua

Chua is a surname from Hokkien. It is used in English, Tagalog, and Indonesian.

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Meaning & origin

Where it comes from

Chua comes from Hokkien.

Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)

How it developed

From Hokkien 蔡 (Chhòa).

Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)

The story

Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1980. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.

From dated birth records

Chua through the years

Babies since 1880
24
0 boys · 24 girls
Most popular year
1986
7 babies
2025
0
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2021–25 vs 2016–20
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Too few births to compare
0246198020002025Highest share 19860.0
Chua in U.S. Social Security birth records, 1980–2025, per million girls born. Years with fewer than five births for a sex are not published and appear as zero. Use the arrow keys to step through years.

By the numbers

The most recent published U.S. birth count for girls is 6 in 1991. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for girls was 7 in 1986. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 195 as a first name in 2020; 5,071 as a surname in 2020.

From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.

Chua’s family of names

In Filipino usage, Chua as a surname shares an earlier linguistic root with CHOI. In Indonesian usage, Chua as a surname has a related form in CUA. In Filipino usage, Chua as a surname has a related form in CHOA.

Walk Chua’s family in the name graph

ChuaChoaCuaTjoaTjoTjoeaTjhoeaTjuaTjhuaChoi

Inner ring: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.

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Around the world

Chua has relatives in 3 languages.

EnglishIndonesianTagalog

9 related names in 3 languages. Point at a dot, or tab to the map and use the arrow keys.

Each dot marks where a language is rooted, not where people with the name live today. Bigger dots hold more names. Dots on the border stand for languages further away. Language locations from Glottolog (CC BY 4.0); map from Natural Earth.

Nicknames & forms 8

Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.

Across languages 1

Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.

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