Zeng is used as a family name or surname in China. It is 4 characters long in length.

Family Name / Last Name: Zeng
No. of characters: 4
Origin: China
Meaning: Currently, no meaning found for Zeng

How popular is Zeng?

Zeng is common in China.

Zeng is ranked 79 on our list.

As per 2010 US census, number of Zengs grew by 104.9313 per cent to 7605 since 2000 and ranked 4662 after elevating 3557 spots. The last name was found in around 26 per 1 million population. Please refer to following table for race and ethnicity.

Race 2010 2000
Asian and Native Hawaiian
& Other Pacific Islander		 97.48 96.58
White 1.43 2.24
Others 0.72 0.92
Hispanic or Latino 0.21 0
Zeng is quite popular last name mostly concentrated in China which signifies that it is originated from China. Around 6001536 people have been found who wears Zeng as their family name. Zeng is used widely across the globe. More detailed information can be found below:
RankCountryCount
Countries with very very low frequency i.e., 1 - 10:
839 South Korea10
83,734 Belarus9
275,830 Ukraine8
1,177 Democratic Republic of The Congo7
103,755 Czech Republic5
734 Myanmar4
1,667 Cambodia4
16,136 Kenya3
32,695 Nigeria3
4,881 Oman3
5,909 Bangladesh3
3,818 Zambia3
4,085 Bolivia3
8,995 Uganda2
7,299 Estonia2
14,408 Uruguay2
14,004 Hungary2
12,161 Wales2
41,879 Turkey2
17,692 Armenia2
6,103 Cyprus2
1,500,361 India2
24,269 Peru2
332 Chad2
23,344 Austria2
3,940 Ethiopia2
5,726 Puerto Rico2
10,395 Latvia2
1,169 New Caledonia2
10,267 Sri Lanka2
33,202 Saudi Arabia2
2,152 Niger2
6,212 Jamaica1
34,581 Chile1
613 Central African Republic1
38,063 Mauritania1
7,847 Albania1
8,268 Mauritius1
14,373 Jordan1
26,040 Trinidad and Tobago1
17,575 Kuwait1
134,667 Zimbabwe1
12,745 Luxembourg1
2,078 Lesotho1
6,820 Angola1
215 Palau1
14,618 Guyana1
42,479 Greece1
5,589 Sudan1
2,613 The Bahamas1
9,541 Turkmenistan1
531 Greenland1
8,500 Dominican Republic1
4,171 Rwanda1
2,578 Guam1
24,176 Qatar1
9,926 Ivory Coast1
29,595 Iran1
23,434 Burkina Faso1
2,505 Congo1
9,591 Panama1
50,549 Georgia1
123,175 Tanzania1
Countries with very low frequency i.e., 10 - 50:
1,647 Japan50
15,525 Norway46
7,570 Ireland38
9,524 Portugal37
4,076 Costa Rica14
Countries with low frequency i.e., 50 - 100:
9,684 United Arab Emirates99
1,290 Thailand72
12,039 Colombia70
8,532 Denmark69
104,075 Brazil64
26,687 Belgium59
130,254 Indonesia58
10,217 Serbia53
43,380 Kazakhstan52
Countries with hundreds of Zeng:
4,304 Cameroon793
149 Macau564
25,252 Philippines516
5,685 Ghana479
508 Gabon402
9,920 Spain377
6,278 Malaysia329
2,550 New Zealand296
20,596 Poland286
3,321 Finland242
12,528 Netherlands226
25,955 South Africa219
414 Suriname213
44,259 Italy179
5,438 Sweden174
21,011 Mexico157
7,758 Switzerland153
5,046 Scotland112
103,269 Russia112
44,861 Argentina105
17,090 Romania104
Countries with thousands of Zeng:
143 Taiwan8,228
5,490 United States7,188
3,331 Germany2,623
209 Hong Kong2,456
972 Vietnam2,385
2,231 Canada2,256
257 Singapore2,182
1,979 Australia1,604
6,228 France1,384
5,433 England1,334
Countries with millions of Zeng:
51 China5,962,943
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Zeng Namesakes

  • Walter Zenga, Soccer player
  • Aslı Zengin, Screenwriter
  • Walter Zenga, Soccer player
  • Brigid Zengeni, Film actress
  • Elia Zenghelis, Architect
  • John Peter Zenger, Journalist
  • Dixie Robison Zenger, Author
  • Ece Zengin, Tolga Zengin's wife
  • Pierre-Claver Zeng Ebome, Politician
  • Gai Zengchen, Soccer player
  • In 2017, Mengxue Zeng played the role of Ding Dian in comedy, romance flick Qian ren 3: Zai jian qian ren.

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