Zhong

surname · Latin script

Recorded as a male name· opposite-gender records fall within measured source noise

Zhong is a surname written in the Latin script, with more bearers in India than in any other country, where it is the 3rd most common surname.

rarermore common
  • CNChina≈1 in 1K(inferred from the name graph)
  • GYGuyana1 in 39as Singh
  • INIndia1 in 95as Singh

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 Zhong 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.

India (measured from records)

13,918,756 named Singh

#7 (measured from records)

of 19M surnames

8 (measured from records)

recorded for this name

Sources
543 (measured from records)

Highest-authority source

≈1 in 1.0K (inferred from the name graph)

China, est.

measured from records inferred from the name graph

Name dossier (print, CSV)

Spellings & scripts(measured from records)

SinghLatin(measured from records)
সিংহBengali(measured from records)
СингхCyrillic(measured from records)
ซิงThai(measured from records)
סינגHebrew(measured from records)
ΣίνγκGreek(measured from records)
సింహTelugu(measured from records)
ସିଂହOdia(measured from records)

5 other spellings are counted as the same name:

Locally spelled Singh in IN India, US United States, KW Kuwait and 4 more.

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)

recorded in Korean

系 自 姬 姓 (一 说 祁 姓 ) . APPIN ZA ERR 板 之 后 。 晋 公 族 逝 敖 生 荀 林 父 , 晋 文 公 作 三 行 以 御 狄 , 苟 林 父 将 中 行 (统率 中 军 ) , 谓 之 中 行 桓 子 , 其 后 以 官 名 为 氏 , 见 《风俗 通 》(2,7,17) 。

Sources 4

  • A concise dictionary of first names
  • Chinese Surnames Encyclopedia (Section 2)
  • Wiktionary
  • Schuessler, ABC Etymological Dictionary of Old Chinese (2007)

Attested across 4 languages in the etymology graph.

Where in the world(measured from records)

Zhong 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 Zhong is recorded, by country
CountryMost common spellingSources
IN India#313,918,756as Singh1 in 9514MSingh425
CN China#620≈1,400,000 est.≈1 in 1K—Zhong167
ID Indonesia#790≈180,000 est.≈1 in 1.5K—Singh140
US United States#148116,749as Singh1 in 2.8K164KSingh543
AE United Arab Emirates#3≈73,000 est.≈1 in 136—Singh169
GY Guyana#119,357as Singh1 in 3919KSingh43
KW Kuwait#8≈14,000 est.≈1 in 207—Singh47
BH Bahrain#4≈13,000 est.≈1 in 113—Singh44

13,918,756 people counted by Instate — India surnames (clean spellings) from electoral rolls. 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: Instate — India surnames (clean spellings) from electoral rolls; Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2010; Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2020; Guyana — Official List of Electors July 2025. 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)

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

  • English surname7 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in United States, Australia, China, Canada

    Languages: English, German, Dutch

    Also written Zhōng, Zhöñg

  • a separate name3 spellings in the group

    Also written Zhòng, Zhōng

  • Hungarian surname2 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in China, United States, Hungary, Singapore

    Also written Zhōng

  • Russian surname15 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in United States, Peru, China, Russia

    Languages: Russian, Ukrainian, Belarusian

    Also written Chung, Чжун, Жонг, Chzhun, Chủng

57 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)

190019201940196019802000Arthur Chung, b. 1918Zhong Nanshan, b. 1936Kenny Bee, b. 1953Andrea Jung, b. 1959Cherie Chung, b. 1960Basuki Tjahaja Purnama, b. 1966Christy Chung, b. 1970Annabel Chong, b. 1972Gillian Chung, b. 1981Linda Chung, b. 1984
  • Arthur Chungb. 1918GYnot in their usual nameFirst President of Guyana, Senior Magistrate, Sworn Land Surveyor (1918–2008)
  • Zhong Nanshanb. 1936CNChinese pulmonologist
  • Kenny Beeb. 1953CNnot in their usual nameHong Kong singer and actor
  • Andrea Jungb. 1959USnot in their usual namepresident and CEO of Avon Products
  • Cherie Chungb. 1960CNnot in their usual nameHong Kong actress
  • Basuki Tjahaja Purnamab. 1966IDnot in their usual nameFormer Governor of Jakarta, Vice Governor of Jakarta
  • Christy Chungb. 1970CAnot in their usual nameCanadian actress
  • Annabel Chongb. 1972SGnot in their usual nameSingaporean-American pornographic actress
  • Gillian Chungb. 1981CNnot in their usual nameHong Kong actress and singer
  • Linda Chungb. 1984CAnot in their usual nameChinese-Canadian actress, singer and songwriter

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 45 sources across 23 countries.

Official registers attesting Zhong
CountryRegisterYearCountRank
US United StatesCensus Bureau — Surname Frequency 202020209K#3,839
US United StatesCensus Bureau — Surname Frequency 201020105K#6,754
US United StatesCensus Bureau — Surname Frequency 200020002.6K#11,200
US United Stateswru Name Dictionary — US surnames, Census 2010 subset (Khanna et al.)———

Reference works 4

  • Dictionary of American Family Names
  • 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

In which country does Zhong have the most bearers?
In India, the national register counted about 14 million people named Singh, more than in any other country we hold.
How common is the name Zhong?
In India, the national register counted 13,918,756 people named Singh, about 1 in 95 residents.
How common is Zhong compared with other names?
In India, Zhong is the 3rd most common surname of 1,492,515 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, “Zhong” — the 3rd most common surname in India. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.

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