# Cheng (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/cheng/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. Counts from the US Census Bureau; origin and etymology from Wiktionary; bearers from Wikidata. Data updated 2026-11-11.

A Chinese surname from Mandarin.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | Chinese |
| Type | not recorded |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 32,982 |
| US rank (2010) | 1,063 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 9,361 people |
| Change since 2000 | +27% (26,023 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | /t͡ʃɛŋ/, 1 syllable |
| Variant spellings | Zheng, Ching |

## Etymology

From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of Mandarin 程 (Chéng).

## Who carries it

Share of people named Cheng in the 2010 US Census by the Census's own race and ethnicity groups. The Census suppresses a share when the count behind it is small.

| Group | Share |
|---|---|
| White (not Hispanic) | 1.9% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 0.2% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 1.1% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 95% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 0.0% |
| Two or more races | 2.2% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Cheng in the United States, Republic of China, Eastern Wu and Australia.

## People named Cheng

- Cheng Pei-pei, American Hong Kong actress (1946–2024)
- Chi Cheng, American bassist (1970–2013)
- Cheng Bing, 3rd century Eastern Wu official
- Cheng Xuanying, 7th-century Chinese Taoist monk
- Bobby Cheng, Australian chess player
- Brian Ching, American soccer player

## Similar surnames

Chang, Chung, Cheung, Chong, Chiang, Ching, Chuang, Cheong, Chuong, Chiong, Camacho, Chance.

## How to read these numbers

A Census count is people alive and counted in 2010, not births, and names occurring fewer than 100 times are not published at all. Ethnicity shares are the Census's own categories.