How common is the surname Cheung?

18,765 people in the United States had the surname Cheung in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 16,453 Americans. It ranked 1,920th of 162,253 surnames.

Who is the most famous person named Cheung?

Steven Cheung, American political advisor (born 1982).

Where is the surname Cheung most common?

Wikidata records people named Cheung in the United States.

How do you pronounce Cheung?

Cheung is /t͡ʃɪˈʌŋ/, one syllable.

Is the surname Cheung getting more or less common?

More common. 16,067 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 18,765 in 2010, up 17%.

The surname Cheung

A Chinese surname, carried by 18,765 people in the United States.

Pronounced /t͡ʃɪˈʌŋ/ 1 syllable Soundex C520

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Cheung is more common than 98.8% of them.

Origin

Chinese origin

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

One of 193 Chinese surnames on this site.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 18,765 people named Cheung in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 16,453 Americans. That is up 17% since 2000, when the Census counted 16,067.

#1,920

rank among US surnames

18,765

people in 2010

6.4

per 100,000 Americans

+16.8%

change since 2000 (was #2,069)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#1,912	Landis	18,826	16,400
#1,913	Caudill	18,822	16,403
#1,914	Jacobsen	18,820	16,405
#1,916	Diehl	18,815	16,410
#1,917	Alarcon	18,805	16,418
#1,918	Hedrick	18,804	16,419
#1,919	Toney	18,787	16,434

Who is named Cheung

Race and Hispanic origin as people reported it in the 2010 Census

95% of people named Cheung identified as Asian and Pacific Islander, 2.0% as two or more races and 1.8% as white (not Hispanic).

Asian and Pacific Islander 95%
Two or more races 2.0%
White (not Hispanic) 1.8%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 0.8%
Black (not Hispanic) 0.2%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.0%

Compare: most common surnames among Asian and Pacific Islander Americans.

Famous Cheungs

1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

Steven Cheung
American political advisor (born 1982)

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Cheung

Cheung has the Soundex code C520, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code C520.

Other Chinese surnames

All 193 Chinese surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Cheung come from?: From Cantonese 張 /张 (zoeng¹), 章 (zoeng¹) or 蔣 /蒋 (zoeng²). Doublet of Zhang and Chang.
How common is the surname Cheung?: 18,765 people in the United States had the surname Cheung in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 16,453 Americans. It ranked 1,920th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Cheung?: In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Cheung identified as Asian and Pacific Islander, and 2.0% as two or more races.
Who is the most famous person named Cheung?: Steven Cheung, American political advisor (born 1982).
Where is the surname Cheung most common?: Wikidata records people named Cheung in the United States.
How do you pronounce Cheung?: Cheung is /t͡ʃɪˈʌŋ/, one syllable.
Is the surname Cheung getting more or less common?: More common. 16,067 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 18,765 in 2010, up 17%.