Seah (surname)

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Seah
Pronunciation/sia/, /ɕia/
Language(s) Chinese (Southern Min), Muscogee, others?
Other names
Alternative spelling

Seah is a surname in various cultures. Its languages of origin include Chinese and Muscogee.

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Origins

Seah may be a Latin-alphabet spelling of multiple Chinese surnames, based on their pronunciation in various Southern Min dialects, listed in the table below. Southern Min spellings of Chinese surnames are often found in Malaysia and Singapore, where many descendants of Chinese migrants can trace their roots to the Fujian and Guangdong provinces of China where various Southern Min dialects are spoken. [1]

Standard Mandarin Character Hokkien Teochew NotesReferences
Hanyu Pinyin T S Pe̍h-ōe-jī IPA Peng'im IPA
Chéng Siâⁿ/ɕiã²⁴/Sian5/sĩã⁵⁵/ [2] [3] [4] [5]
Shé Siâ/ɕia/Sia5/sia⁵⁵/ [6] [7] [8]
Xiè Siā/ɕia³³/Sia7/sia¹¹/ Literary pronunciation; the colloquial pronunciation is often spelled Chia [9] [10] [11]

Seah may also be name in other cultures as well. For example, it was a Muscogee name, more commonly spelled Sioh. [12]

Statistics

The 2010 United States Census found 170 people with the surname Seah, making it the 105,079th-most-common name in the country. This represented an increase from 133 (120,330th-most-common) in the 2000 Census. In both censuses, more than eight-tenths of the bearers of the surname identified as Asian, and roughly one tenth as non-Hispanic White. [13]

People

Chinese surname Xiè (謝)

Chinese surname Shé (佘)

Other

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