# Chiong (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/chiong/  
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 Chinese.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | Chinese |
| Type | not recorded |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 734 |
| US rank (2010) | 31,516 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 420,634 people |
| Change since 2000 | +9.2% (672 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | /tʃiɑŋ/, 1 syllable |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Etymology

Borrowed from Cantonese 蔣 /蒋 (zoeng²). Doublet of Chiang, Chionh, Jiang, and Kiang.

## Who carries it

Share of people named Chiong 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) | 2.9% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 0.0% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 35% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 60% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 0.0% |
| Two or more races | 1.4% |

## Similar surnames

Chang, Chung, Cheng, Cheung, Chong, Chiang, Ching, Chuang, Cheong, Chuong, 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.