# Cheung (surname)

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

A surname from Cantonese.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | Chinese |
| Type | not recorded |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 18,765 |
| US rank (2010) | 1,920 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 16,453 people |
| Change since 2000 | +17% (16,067 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | /t͡ʃɪˈʌŋ/, 1 syllable |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Etymology

From Cantonese 張 /张 (zoeng¹), 章 (zoeng¹) or 蔣 /蒋 (zoeng²). Doublet of Zhang and Chang.

## Who carries it

Share of people named Cheung 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) | 1.8% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 0.2% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 0.8% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 95% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 0.0% |
| Two or more races | 2.0% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Cheung in the United States.

## People named Cheung

- Steven Cheung, American political advisor (born 1982)

## Similar surnames

Chang, Chung, Cheng, 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.