Hieng
given name · Latin script
Recorded for both men and women· direction only, no split published
/ajɛŋ/(machine-generated) pronunciation, model-generated
Hieng is a given name written in the Latin script, with more bearers in Thailand than in any other country.
- THThailand≈1 in 71Kas เฮียง(inferred from the name graph)
- USUnited States1 in 748Kas Heang
- NLNetherlands1 in 2.5Mas Hiang
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 Hieng 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.
- Thailand (inferred from the name graph)
- 2 (measured from records)
- Sources
- 38 (measured from records)
- ≈1 in 71K (inferred from the name graph)
≈980 named เฮียง, est.
recorded for this name
Highest-authority source
Thailand, est., as เฮียง
measured from records inferred from the name graph
Spellings & scripts(measured from records)
Locally spelled เฮียง in TH Thailand, KR South Korea and Heong in MY Malaysia, SG Singapore.
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
No verified etymology recorded for this name yet — the entries below are drawn from usage statistics and the name graph.
Where in the world(measured from records)
Hieng 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 | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TH Thailand | ≈980 est. | ≈1 in 71K | #954,625 | เฮียง | 38 |
| US United States | 445as Heang | 1 in 748K | 367 | Hieng | 10 |
| KR South Korea | ≈9 est. | ≈1 in 5.7M | — | เฮียง | 1 |
| NL Netherlands | 7as Hiang | 1 in 2.5M | 7 | — | 1 |
| MY Malaysia | — | — | — | Heong | 10 |
| SG Singapore | — | — | — | Heong | 6 |
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 — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex; Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2020; Meertens NVB — Nederlandse Voornamenbank (all-time BRP bearer counts, 2018). 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 recorded senses(measured from records)
Hieng is also recorded in 4 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.
In German, obsolete spelling of hing
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
In cdo, to hate, to dislike, to suspect, en
as a wordDictionary of the Foochow Dialect
In cdo, A black, somber, deep, silent, pro
as a wordDictionary of the Foochow Dialect
In cdo, a tune book, a musical score
as a wordDictionary of the Foochow Dialect
Ordered by how much of this spelling's record each language holds, so a sense from a language the name is barely used in sits last rather than first.
Notable people with this name(measured from records)
- Li Xianb. 653not in their usual nameTang Dynasty crown prince
- Zeng Xianb. 1298not in their usual nameYuan dynasty person CBDB = 108601
- Ho Yinb. 1908PTnot in their usual namePortuguese politician
- Patrick Tse Yinb. 1936CNnot in their usual nameHong Kong actor (1936–2026)
- Hui Yinb. 1993CNnot in their usual nameHong Kong male actor
- Chen Xianb. 1997CNnot in their usual nameChinese Go player
- Li Xiannot in their usual nameYuan dynasty person CBDB = 103021
- Li Xiannot in their usual nameperson, CBDB = 168998
- Nian Xiannot in their usual nameperson, CBDB ID = 402874
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)
A formal English salutation is built on the surname, so it needs a full name — on its own, a first name only supports the informal form.
Evidence(measured from records)
Attested in 5 sources across 2 countries.
Reference works 3
- Dictionary of American Family Names
- 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
- How do you pronounce Hieng?
- A machine transcription gives /ajɛŋ/ (IPA) for English.
- Is Hieng a male or female name?
- Hieng is recorded for both men and women. We don't publish a percentage split: a record's gender belongs to the person and is attached to every given name on that record, so names in cultures where a name string also carries a parent's or spouse's given name pick up large cross-gender counts.
- In which country does Hieng have the most bearers?
- Mondonomo estimates about 978 people named เฮียง in Thailand, more than in any other country we hold.
- How common is the name Hieng?
- In the United States, the national register counted 445 people named Heang in 2020, about 1 in 748 thousand residents.
What do you want to know about Hieng?
Nobody replies to these one by one, but what readers ask decides what these pages answer next.
Query this name via API
curl -H "X-API-Key: YOUR_KEY" https://api.mondonomo.ai/api/v1/name-graph/hiengThe 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, “Hieng”. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.