Cha (Korean name)

Cha
Family name
Meaning	vehicle
Region of origin	Korean peninsula
Language(s) of origin	Korean

Cha
Hangul	차
Hanja	車
Revised Romanization	Cha
McCune–Reischauer	Ch'a

Cha is an uncommon family name in Korea. The Yeonan Cha clan is the only clan. The founding ancestor was Cha Hyo-jeon, son of Yu Cha-dal (10th century AD). Most of the clan’s members live in Gyeongsang province, Hwanghae province, or P'yŏngan province. In South Korea in 2000, there were 180,589 people named Cha.

List of famous Chas

• Cha Bum-kun, footballer
• His son Cha Du-Ri, also a footballer
• Cha Gui-hyun, footballer
• Theresa Hak Kyung Cha, novelist
• Cha Hyun-ok, singer
• Cha In-pyo, actor
• Cha Seung-won, actor
• Cha Tae-hyun, actor
• Joe Cha, reality star, entrepreneur
• Cha Sunwoo, member of South Korean boy group B1A4 (better known as Baro)

References

• Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4

See also

• Munhwa Ryu
• List of Korean family names
• List of Korea-related topics

External links

• official website of headquarters of the Yeonan Cha clan meeting
• A 2001 Korea Now article explaining the clan structure