Soong

surname · Latin script

Recorded for both men and women· direction only, no split published

/ˈsuŋ/(machine-generated) pronunciation, model-generated

Soong is a surname written in the Latin script, with more bearers in China than in any other country. Recorded meaning: Borrowed from Mandarin 宋 (sòng).

rarermore common
  • MYMalaysia≈1 in 7.6K(inferred from the name graph)
  • USUnited States1 in 374K
  • SGSingapore≈1 in 13K

carrying the name, as counted by its national register where one exists and as Mondonomo estimates it elsewhere (marked ≈ and "est." on hover). One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.

China (inferred from the name graph)

≈14,000 people, est.

2 (measured from records)

recorded for this name

Sources
236 (measured from records)

Highest-authority source

≈1 in 7.6K (inferred from the name graph)

Malaysia, est.

measured from records inferred from the name graph

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Spellings & scripts(measured from records)

SoongLatin(measured from records)
소옹Hangul(measured from records)

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)

Borrowed from Mandarin 宋 (sòng).

Sources 1

Where in the world(measured from records)

Soong 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.

Where Soong is recorded, by country
CountryMost common spellingSources
CN China≈14,000 est.≈1 in 103K—Soong24
MY Malaysia≈4,300 est.≈1 in 7.6K—Soong74
US United States8891 in 374K920Soong236
SG Singapore≈460 est.≈1 in 13K—Soong73
HK Hong Kong≈440 est.≈1 in 16K—Soong25
AU Australia≈230 est.≈1 in 111K—Soong82

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. 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).

Other names spelled this way(inferred from the name graph)

Soong is also recorded as 4 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

  • Spanish surname4 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in United States, Malaysia, Colombia, Philippines

    Languages: Spanish, Portuguese

    Also written So-Ong

  • Chinese surname2 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Malaysia, Taiwan, Hong Kong, China

    Also written So-Ong

  • Indonesian surname2 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Malaysia, Indonesia, Philippines, Singapore

    Also written So-Ong

  • a separate name2 spellings in the group

    Also written Sŏong

46 further groups record this spelling and are not listed here.

Grouping is the name graph's, not a register's: two spellings join a group when the evidence links them, so a group is a claim about the records rather than about the people.

Notable people with this name(measured from records)

1850190019502000T. V. Soong, b. 1891Soong Ching-ling, b. 1893Soong May-ling, b. 1898Lucille Soong, b. 1935Song Dandan, b. 1961Song Ha-yoon, b. 1986Victoria Song, b. 1987Brenda Song, b. 1988Song Jiayuan, b. 1997Song Yuqi, b. 1999
  • T. V. Soongb. 1891TWChinese businessman and politician (1894-1971)
  • Soong Ching-lingb. 1893CNformer Vice President of the People's Republic of China and third wife of Sun Yat-sen (1893–1981)
  • Soong May-lingb. 1898USChiang Kai-shek's wife, First Lady of the Republic of China (1898–2003)
  • Lucille Soongb. 1935CNAmerican actress (b. 1935)
  • Song Dandanb. 1961CNnot in their usual nameChinese actress
  • Song Ha-yoonb. 1986KRnot in their usual nameSouth Korean actress, born 1986
  • Victoria Songb. 1987CNnot in their usual nameChinese singer and actress
  • Brenda Songb. 1988USnot in their usual nameAmerican actress and model (born 1988)
  • Song Jiayuanb. 1997CNnot in their usual nameChinese shot putter (1997-)
  • Song Yuqib. 1999CNnot in their usual nameChinese singer (born 1999)

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)

FormalDear Ms Soong,
InformalHi Soong,

Evidence(measured from records)

Attested in 13 sources across 6 countries.

Official registers attesting Soong
CountryRegisterYearCountRank
US United StatesCensus Bureau — Surname Frequency 20202020920#27,730
US United StatesCensus Bureau — Surname Frequency 20102010889#27,204
US United StatesCensus Bureau — Surname Frequency 20002000800#28,166
US United Stateswru Name Dictionary — US surnames, Census 2010 subset (Khanna et al.)———

Reference works 4

  • The Oxford Dictionary of Family Names in Britain and Ireland
  • Nederlandse FamilienamenBank (Dutch surname bank; ex-Meertens Instituut, now CBG)2007
  • Wikipedia surname 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 Soong mean, and where does it come from?
Borrowed from Mandarin 宋 (sòng). Recorded by Wiktionary.
How do you pronounce Soong?
A machine transcription gives /ˈsuŋ/ (IPA) for English.
In which country does Soong have the most bearers?
Mondonomo estimates about 14 thousand people named Soong in China, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled soong.
How common is the name Soong?
In the United States, the national register counted 889 people named Soong in 2010, about 1 in 374 thousand residents.

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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, “Soong”. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.

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