Choong
surname · Latin script
Meaning: exciting, attractive
Recorded as a male name· opposite-gender records fall within measured source noise
/ˈtʃuŋ/(machine-generated) pronunciation, model-generated
Choong is a surname written in the Latin script, with more bearers in Malaysia than in any other country.
- MYMalaysia≈1 in 1.5K(inferred from the name graph)
- SGSingapore≈1 in 4.3K
- AUAustralia≈1 in 37K
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.
- Malaysia (inferred from the name graph)
- 2 (measured from records)
- Sources
- 180 (measured from records)
- ≈1 in 1.5K (inferred from the name graph)
≈22,000 people, est.
recorded for this name
Highest-authority source
Malaysia, est.
measured from records inferred from the name graph
Spellings & scripts(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)
exciting, attractive
Sources 1
- kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
Attested across 6 languages in the etymology graph.
Where in the world(measured from records)
Choong 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 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| MY Malaysia | #271 | ≈22,000 est. | ≈1 in 1.5K | — | Choong | 117 |
| SG Singapore | #354 | ≈1,400 est. | ≈1 in 4.3K | — | Choong | 109 |
| AU Australia | — | ≈700 est. | ≈1 in 37K | 1 | Choong | 108 |
| US United States | — | 293 | 1 in 1.1M | 340 | Choong | 180 |
| GB United Kingdom | — | ≈200 est. | ≈1 in 335K | — | Choong | 89 |
| HK Hong Kong | — | ≈130 est. | ≈1 in 54K | — | Choong | 21 |
| NZ New Zealand | — | ≈27 est. | ≈1 in 182K | — | Choong | 20 |
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; SA BDM — Popular baby names South Australia (1944–present). 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)
- Choong Ewe Jinb. 1925MYbadminton player
- David Choongb. 1929MYMalaysian badminton player (1929–2011)
- Eddy Choongb. 1930MYbadminton player (1930–2013)
- Amy Choongb. 1930MYbadminton player
- Choong Tan Fookb. 1976MYbadminton player
- Katherine Choongb. 1992CHSwiss rock climber
- Rachel Choongb. 1994GBEnglish para badminton player
- Joe Choongb. 1995GBBritish modern pentathlete
- Joyce Choongb. 1995MYbadminton player
- Choong Hon Jianb. 2000MYMalaysian badminton player
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 19 sources across 10 countries.
| Country | Register | Year | Count | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2020 | 2020 | 340 | #63,405 |
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2010 | 2010 | 293 | #67,318 |
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2000 | 2000 | 202 | #85,996 |
| US United States | wru Name Dictionary — US surnames, Census 2010 subset (Khanna et al.) | — | — | — |
Reference works 4
- 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
- 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 Choong mean, and where does it come from?
- exciting, attractive Recorded by kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations).
- How do you pronounce Choong?
- A machine transcription gives /ˈtʃuŋ/ (IPA) for English.
- In which country does Choong have the most bearers?
- Mondonomo estimates about 22 thousand people named Choong in Malaysia, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled choong.
- How common is the name Choong?
- In the United States, the national register counted 293 people named Choong in 2010, about 1 in 1.1 million residents.
- How common is Choong compared with other names?
- In Malaysia, Choong is the 271st most common surname of 291,743 surnames recorded there.
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Query this name via API
curl -H "X-API-Key: YOUR_KEY" https://api.mondonomo.ai/api/v1/name-graph/choongThe 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, “Choong” — the 271st most common surname in Malaysia. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.