Joeng

surname · Latin script

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

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

Joeng 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.

rarermore common
  • MYMalaysia≈1 in 884as Cheong(inferred from the name graph)
  • SGSingapore≈1 in 1.1Kas Cheong
  • HKHong Kong≈1 in 1.9Kas Cheong

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 Joeng 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)

169,580 named Chen, 2010

2 (measured from records)

recorded for this name

Sources
311 (measured from records)

Highest-authority source

≈1 in 884 (inferred from the name graph)

Malaysia, est., as Cheong

measured from records inferred from the name graph

Spellings & scripts(measured from records)

JongLatin(measured from records)
ช่องThai(measured from records)

Locally spelled Jong in US United States, NL Netherlands, ES Spain, Cheong in MY Malaysia, SG Singapore, HK Hong Kong, 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

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)

Joeng 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 Joeng is recorded, by country
CountryMost common spellingSources
US United States—169,580as Chen1 in 2K234KJong311
CN China—≈45,000 est.≈1 in 31K—Chen50
MY Malaysia#62≈37,000 est.≈1 in 8841.7KCheong134
ES Spain—26,262as Chen1 in 1.9K26KJong43
IN India—12,005as Chari1 in 110K12KChain69
SG Singapore#44≈5,900 est.≈1 in 1.1K—Cheong165
HK Hong Kong#130≈3,900 est.≈1 in 1.9K—Cheong69
NL Netherlands#31,795as Jong1 in 9.6K1.8KJong205

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).

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

Joeng is also recorded as 2 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

  • Korean surname2 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in South Korea, United States

    Also written Joèng

  • Thai surname2 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Thailand

    Also written โจเอง

20 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.

How to address them(machine-generated)

FormalYth. Ibu Joeng,Dear Ibu Joeng, (English)
InformalHalo Joeng,Hi Joeng, (English)

Evidence(measured from records)

Attested in 2 sources across 1 country.

Reference works 1

  • Nederlandse FamilienamenBank (Dutch surname bank; ex-Meertens Instituut, now CBG)2007

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 Joeng?
A machine transcription gives /d͡ʒoəŋ/ (IPA) for Indonesian.
In which country does Joeng 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 Joeng?
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 Joeng compared with other names?
In the Netherlands, Joeng is the 3rd most common surname of 284,143 surnames recorded there.

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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, “Joeng” — the 3rd most common surname in Netherlands. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.

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