Cheong
surname · Latin script
Recorded as a male name· opposite-gender records fall within measured source noise
/ˈtʃiɔŋ/(machine-generated) pronunciation, model-generated
Cheong is a surname written in the Latin script, with more bearers in the United States than in any other country. In the Netherlands it is the 3rd most common surname. Recorded meaning: From various Chinese surnames, such as Cantonese 張／张 (zoeng¹) or 蔣／蒋 (zoeng²), Hokkien 鍾／钟 (Chiong).
- MYMalaysia≈1 in 884(inferred from the name graph)
- SGSingapore≈1 in 1.1K
- HKHong Kong≈1 in 1.9K
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 Cheong 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)
- 2 (measured from records)
- Sources
- 311 (measured from records)
- ≈1 in 884 (inferred from the name graph)
169,580 named Chen, 2010
recorded for this name
Highest-authority source
Malaysia, est.
measured from records inferred from the name graph
Spellings & scripts(measured from records)
18 other spellings are counted as the same name:
Locally spelled Jong in US United States, NL Netherlands, ES Spain, Chain in IN India and Chen in CN China.
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)
From various Chinese surnames, such as Cantonese 張／张 (zoeng¹) or 蔣／蒋 (zoeng²), Hokkien 鍾／钟 (Chiong).
Sources 1
Attested in 1 language in the etymology graph.
Where in the world(measured from records)
Cheong 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.
| Country | Most common spelling | Sources | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| US United States | — | 169,580as Chen | 1 in 2K | 234K | Jong | 311 |
| CN China | — | ≈45,000 est. | ≈1 in 31K | — | Chen | 50 |
| MY Malaysia | #62 | ≈37,000 est. | ≈1 in 884 | 1.7K | Cheong | 134 |
| ES Spain | — | 26,262as Chen | 1 in 1.9K | 26K | Jong | 43 |
| IN India | — | 12,005as Chari | 1 in 110K | 12K | Chain | 69 |
| SG Singapore | #44 | ≈5,900 est. | ≈1 in 1.1K | — | Cheong | 165 |
| HK Hong Kong | #130 | ≈3,900 est. | ≈1 in 1.9K | — | Cheong | 69 |
| NL Netherlands | #3 | 1,795as Jong | 1 in 9.6K | 1.8K | Jong | 205 |
169,580 people counted by Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2010, 2010, counting the spelling chen. 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; CBG Familienamenbank — Dutch surname bearer counts (GBA/BRP 2007); data.gov.my — Name Popularity Dashboard (JPN, by decade and ethnicity); INE — Padrón per-token widgets (current living counts, given + apellidos); INE — Apellidos más frecuentes (Padrón Municipal); Instate — India surnames (clean spellings) from electoral rolls. 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).
Notable people with this name(measured from records)
- Zhang Qianb. 200CNnot in their usual nameimperial envoy to the world outside of China in the 2nd century BC
- Chiang Kai-shekb. 1887TWnot in their usual nameChinese politician, military leader, and President of the ROC (1887–1975)
- Soong May-lingb. 1898USnot in their usual nameChiang Kai-shek's wife, First Lady of the Republic of China (1898–2003)
- Chiang Ching-kuob. 1910TWnot in their usual name6th and 7th President of Republic of China
- Jang Sung-taekb. 1946KPnot in their usual nameNorth Korean government official (1946–2013)
- Zhang Yimoub. 1950CNnot in their usual nameChinese filmmaker
- Leslie Cheungb. 1956CNnot in their usual nameHong Kong singer and actor (1956–2003)
- Ai Weiweib. 1957CNnot in their usual nameChinese Conceptual artist (born 1957)
- Maggie Cheungb. 1964GBnot in their usual nameHong Kong actress
- Michael Changb. 1972USnot in their usual nameAmerican tennis player (born 1972)
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).
How to address them(machine-generated)
Evidence(measured from records)
Attested in 30 sources across 17 countries.
| Country | Register | Year | Count | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2020 | 2020 | 2K | #14,109 |
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2010 | 2010 | 1.7K | #17,072 |
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2000 | 2000 | 1.3K | #19,174 |
| NL Netherlands | CBG Familienamenbank — Dutch surname bearer counts (GBA/BRP 2007) | 2007 | 33 | #39,546 |
| ES Spain | INE — Apellidos más frecuentes (Padrón Municipal) | — | 30 | #63,541 |
| ES Spain | INE — Padrón per-token widgets (current living counts, given + apellidos) | — | 30 | #62,916 |
| US United States | wru Name Dictionary — US surnames, Census 2010 subset (Khanna et al.) | — | — | — |
Reference works 5
- Dictionary of American Family Names
- The Oxford Dictionary of Family Names in Britain and Ireland
- Nederlandse FamilienamenBank (Dutch surname bank; ex-Meertens Instituut, now CBG)2007
- Wikipedia given-name tokens
- Wikidata name items (native-script + romanized given/family names)
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
- What does the name Cheong mean, and where does it come from?
- From various Chinese surnames, such as Cantonese 張／张 (zoeng¹) or 蔣／蒋 (zoeng²), Hokkien 鍾／钟 (Chiong). Recorded by Wiktionary.
- How do you pronounce Cheong?
- A machine transcription gives /ˈtʃiɔŋ/ (IPA) for English.
- In which country does Cheong have the most bearers?
- In the United States, the national register counted about 170 thousand people named Chen, more than in any other country we hold.
- How common is the name Cheong?
- In the United States, the national register counted 169,580 people named Chen in 2010, about 1 in 2.0 thousand residents.
- How common is Cheong compared with other names?
- In the Netherlands, Cheong is the 3rd most common surname of 284,143 surnames recorded there.
What do you want to know about Cheong?
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Query this name via API
curl -H "X-API-Key: YOUR_KEY" https://api.mondonomo.ai/api/v1/name-graph/cheongThe payload this page is built from: spellings and scripts, countries and languages, related names, and the registers that attest the form. It takes a free API key (1,000 requests a day), which returns what this page shows everyone; the full country table, every register citation and the year-by-year series come with a licensed key, as does bulk access.
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, “Cheong” — the 3rd most common surname in Netherlands. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.