Siong
surname · Latin script
Recorded as a male name· opposite-gender records fall within measured source noise
Siong is a surname written in the Latin script, with more bearers in the United States than in any other country. Recorded meaning: Very tough, challenging.
- MYMalaysia≈1 in 6.5K(inferred from the name graph)
- SGSingapore≈1 in 9K
- IDIndonesia≈1 in 60K
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 Siong 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)
- 3 (measured from records)
- Sources
- 96 (measured from records)
- ≈1 in 6.5K (inferred from the name graph)
37,499 named Xiong, 2010
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)
Very tough, challenging.
Sources 1
- kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
Where in the world(measured from records)
Siong 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 | — | 37,499as Xiong | 1 in 8.9K | 45K | Siong | 96 |
| MY Malaysia | #182 | ≈5,000 est. | ≈1 in 6.5K | — | Siong | 80 |
| ID Indonesia | — | ≈4,500 est. | ≈1 in 60K | listed | Siong | 71 |
| FR France | — | ≈860 est. | ≈1 in 79K | 342 | — | 3 |
| PH Philippines | — | ≈730 est. | ≈1 in 149K | — | Siong | 27 |
| SG Singapore | #346 | ≈690 est. | ≈1 in 9K | — | Siong | 74 |
| FI Finland | — | 107as Xiong | 1 in 52K | 107 | — | — |
| RE Réunion | — | ≈69 est. | ≈1 in 11K | — | Siong | 3 |
37,499 people counted by Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2010, 2010, counting the spelling xiong. 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; INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000); DVV — Nimipalvelu (Finnish name service, per-name lookup). 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)
Siong is also recorded in 5 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.
In cdo, to esteem, to add to, to control noble, still, yet, S
as a wordDictionary of the Foochow Dialect
In cdo, to go around, to creep about, as fleas
as a wordDictionary of the Foochow Dialect
In cdo, constantly seeing, (hudng-hdk-tsiong)
as a wordDictionary of the Foochow Dialect
In cdo, to itch, an itching place, (ba-sidng)
as a wordDictionary of the Foochow Dialect
In cdo, older male cousins of same surname
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)
- Shang Yangb. 390CNnot in their usual nameQin State statesman, chancellor and reformer (c. 390–338 BC)
- Shang Tingb. 1209not in their usual namewriter of Chinese Sanqu poetry (1209-1288)
- Shang Kexib. 1604CNnot in their usual nameMing and Qing dynasty general (1604-1676)
- Shang Zhixinb. 1636not in their usual nameQing dynasty person CBDB = 59134
- Shang Chuanb. 1945CNnot in their usual nameChinese historian
- Kiki Sheungb. 1963CNnot in their usual nameactress
- Shang Yib. 1979CNnot in their usual nameChinese footballer
- Shang Pingb. 1984CNnot in their usual nameChinese basketball player (born 1984)
- Shang Chunsongb. 1996CNnot in their usual namegymnast
- Shang XiCNnot in their usual nameChinese painter (1430-1440)
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).
Evidence(measured from records)
Attested in 12 sources across 7 countries.
| Country | Register | Year | Count | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) | 1981 | 334 | — |
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) | 1991 | 252 | — |
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2020 | 2020 | 193 | #100,083 |
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2010 | 2010 | 162 | #109,258 |
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2000 | 2000 | 154 | #107,038 |
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) | 1971 | 44 | — |
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) | 1931 | 9 | — |
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) | 1961 | 6 | — |
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) | 1901 | 5 | — |
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) | 1921 | 4 | — |
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) | 1891 | 1 | — |
| US United States | wru Name Dictionary — US surnames, Census 2010 subset (Khanna et al.) | — | — | — |
Reference works 2
- 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 Siong mean, and where does it come from?
- Very tough, challenging. Recorded by kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations).
- In which country does Siong have the most bearers?
- In the United States, the national register counted about 37 thousand people named Xiong, more than in any other country we hold.
- How common is the name Siong?
- In the United States, the national register counted 37,499 people named Xiong in 2010, about 1 in 8.9 thousand residents.
- How common is Siong compared with other names?
- In Malaysia, Siong is the 182nd most common surname of 291,743 surnames recorded there.
What do you want to know about Siong?
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Query this name via API
curl -H "X-API-Key: YOUR_KEY" https://api.mondonomo.ai/api/v1/name-graph/siongThe same 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), and bulk access is licensed separately.
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, “Siong” — the 182nd most common surname in Malaysia. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.