Zea is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:
Jaime Zea (born 1970), Mayor of the Villa El Salvador district of Lima, Peru Kristi Zea (born 1948), American production designer, costume designer, art director, and director María Luisa Zea (1913–2002), Mexican actress and singer Natalie Zea (born 1975), American actress Leopoldo Zea Aguilar (1912–2004), Mexican philosopher Francisco Antonio Zea (1766–1822), South American statesman, diplomat and botanist Asunción de Zea-Bermúdez (1862-1936), Spanish writer and essayist
See also Cea (surname)