Cheung
surname · Latin script
Recorded for both men and women· direction only, no split published
Cheung is a surname written in the Latin script, with more bearers in China than in any other country. In Hong Kong it is the 12th most common surname. Recorded meaning: From Cantonese 張／张 (zoeng¹), 章 (zoeng¹) or 蔣／蒋 (zoeng²). Doublet of Zhang and Chang.
- HKHong Kong≈1 in 46(inferred from the name graph)
- CNChina≈1 in 2K
- CACanada≈1 in 4.1K
carrying the name, as counted by its national register where one exists and as Mondonomo estimates it elsewhere (marked ≈ and "est." on hover). One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.
- China (inferred from the name graph)
- Sources
- 438 (measured from records)
- ≈1 in 46 (inferred from the name graph)
≈700,000 people, est.
Highest-authority source
Hong Kong, est.
measured from records inferred from the name graph
Meaning & origin(measured from records)
From Cantonese 張／张 (zoeng¹), 章 (zoeng¹) or 蔣／蒋 (zoeng²). Doublet of Zhang and Chang.
Sources 1
Where in the world(measured from records)
Cheung 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 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CN China | — | ≈700,000 est. | ≈1 in 2K | — | Cheung | 106 |
| HK Hong Kong | #12 | ≈160,000 est. | ≈1 in 46 | 425 | Cheung | 181 |
| US United States | — | 18,765 | 1 in 18K | 20K | Cheung | 438 |
| CA Canada | #341 | ≈9,200 est. | ≈1 in 4.1K | — | Cheung | 257 |
| GB United Kingdom | — | ≈6,000 est. | ≈1 in 11K | — | Cheung | 227 |
| AU Australia | #390 | ≈5,100 est. | ≈1 in 5K | — | Cheung | 194 |
| SG Singapore | #622 | ≈740 est. | ≈1 in 8.3K | — | Cheung | 98 |
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; This page contains a database of Hong Konger surnames and first names categorized by frequency and gender, published by. 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).
Notable people with this name(measured from records)
- Zhang Qianb. 200CNnot in their usual nameimperial envoy to the world outside of China in the 2nd century BC
- Chiang Kai-shekb. 1887TWnot in their usual nameChinese politician, military leader, and President of the ROC (1887–1975)
- Soong May-lingb. 1898USnot in their usual nameChiang Kai-shek's wife, First Lady of the Republic of China (1898–2003)
- Chiang Ching-kuob. 1910TWnot in their usual name6th and 7th President of Republic of China
- Zhang Yimoub. 1950CNnot in their usual nameChinese filmmaker
- Leslie Cheungb. 1956CNHong Kong singer and actor (1956–2003)
- Ai Weiweib. 1957CNnot in their usual nameChinese Conceptual artist (born 1957)
- Maggie Cheungb. 1964GBHong Kong actress
- Michael Changb. 1972USnot in their usual nameAmerican tennis player (born 1972)
- Zhang Ziyib. 1979CNnot in their usual nameChinese actress and model
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 38 sources across 20 countries.
| Country | Register | Year | Count | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| US United States | Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex | 2020 | 397 | #21,118 |
| US United States | Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex | 2020 | 87 | #21,118 |
Reference works 5
- Dictionary of American Family Names
- The Oxford Dictionary of Family Names in Britain and Ireland
- 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
- What does the name Cheung mean, and where does it come from?
- From Cantonese 張／张 (zoeng¹), 章 (zoeng¹) or 蔣／蒋 (zoeng²). Doublet of Zhang and Chang. Recorded by Wiktionary.
- In which country does Cheung have the most bearers?
- Mondonomo estimates about 702 thousand people named Cheung in China, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled cheung.
- How common is the name Cheung?
- In the United States, the national register counted 18,765 people named Cheung in 2010, about 1 in 18 thousand residents.
- How common is Cheung compared with other names?
- In Hong Kong, Cheung is the 12th most common surname of 8,142 surnames recorded there.
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Query this name via API
curl https://api.mondonomo.ai/api/v1/name-graph/cheungThe same payload this page is built from: spellings and scripts, countries and languages, related names, and the registers that attest the form. Rate-limited for casual use; a free API key gives 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, “Cheung” — the 12th most common surname in Hong Kong. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.