Cheong is used as a family name or surname in Singapore. It is 6 characters long in length.

Family Name / Last Name: Cheong
No. of characters: 6
Origin: Singapore
Meaning: Currently, no meaning found for Cheong

How popular is Cheong?

Cheong is common in Singapore.

Cheong is ranked 2379 on our list.

As per 2010 US census, number of Cheongs grew by 26.94657 per cent to 1663 since 2000 and ranked 17072 after elevating 2102 spots. The last name was found in around 6 per 1 million population. Please refer to following table for race and ethnicity.

Race 2010 2000
Asian and Native Hawaiian
& Other Pacific Islander		 89.84 88.4
Others 3.85 5.5
White 2.95 2.67
Hispanic or Latino 1.98 2.14
Cheong is quite popular family name mostly used in China while Macau is ahead in terms of density. Around 231137 people have been found who wears Cheong as their family name. Cheong is used widely across the globe. More detailed information can be found below:
RankCountryCount
Countries with very very low frequency i.e., 1 - 10:
8,065 Trinidad and Tobago10
541,660 Russia8
946 Papua New Guinea5
1,021 Cuba4
8,411 Costa Rica4
24,547 Saudi Arabia3
15,749 Finland3
108,034 Italy3
9,097 Wales3
1,472 The Bahamas2
4,086 Angola2
54,641 Sweden2
20,837 Venezuela2
9,272 Ecuador2
257 East Timor2
4,781 Malawi2
1,400 Mongolia2
24,269 Peru2
34,681 Norway2
5,726 Puerto Rico2
4,231 Jamaica2
37,493 Austria1
5,872 Namibia1
174,544 Czech Republic1
34,581 Chile1
7,198 Maldives1
13,606 Senegal1
19,810 Croatia1
1,970 Grenada1
56,169 Mexico1
3,275 Nepal1
3,214 Niger1
8,430 Northern Ireland1
12,745 Luxembourg1
1,421 Saint Lucia1
9,498 Iceland1
9,591 Panama1
24,421 Slovakia1
20,172 Hungary1
3,243 Suriname1
971 Seychelles1
42,479 Greece1
12,270 Lebanon1
Countries with very low frequency i.e., 10 - 50:
43,851 Netherlands44
6,551 Qatar39
36,547 Switzerland27
68,343 Spain23
387,178 India23
11,387 Ireland22
3,329 Japan21
23,914 Denmark20
606 Guernsey18
Countries with low frequency i.e., 50 - 100:
503 French Polynesia79
6,532 Scotland79
101,455 Indonesia78
6,029 Portugal74
13,832 United Arab Emirates69
1,389 Thailand68
Countries with hundreds of Cheong:
7,652 England887
536 Taiwan811
66 Brunei616
333 Mauritius474
503 Guyana282
21,535 South Africa274
43,536 Germany235
52,914 Brazil191
53,810 France184
4,611 New Zealand166
31,070 Turkey140
36,751 Argentina134
Countries with thousands of Cheong:
8 Macau8,131
162 Hong Kong3,784
14,244 United States2,393
9,133 Philippines1,611
2,081 Australia1,517
1,404 Vietnam1,391
1,243 Cambodia1,173
4,293 Canada1,048
Countries with ten thousands of Cheong:
361 China88,407
57 Malaysia67,562
87 South Korea32,471
42 Singapore16,482
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Cheong Namesakes

  • Angie Cheong, Film actress
  • Njoo Cheong Seng, Playwright
  • Bei-Dak Cheong, Film Editor
  • Njoo Cheong Seng, Playwright
  • Wai Cheong Davier Yoon, Film director
  • Ong Teng Cheong, Singaporean Politician
  • Njoo Cheong Seng, Playwright
  • Kim Cheong-gi, Director
  • Wong Hoy Cheong, Visual Artist
  • Kim Cheong-Ja, Actress
  • In 2015, Tracy Cheong portrayed the role of Tung Tung in action, crime flick Kepong Gangster 2.

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