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    The surname Chiong

    A Chinese surname, carried by 734 people in the United States.

    Pronounced /tʃiɑŋ/ 1 syllable Soundex C520

    Chiong: #31,516 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer#10,001Dubon Chiong #31,516, 734 people Chiong: #31,516 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#100Jimenez Chiong #31,516, 734 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Chiong is more common than 80.6% of them.

    Origin

    Chinese origin

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

    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 734 people named Chiong in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 420,634 Americans. That is up 9.2% since 2000, when the Census counted 672.

    #31,516
    rank among US surnames
    734
    people in 2010
    0.3
    per 100,000 Americans
    +9.2%
    change since 2000 (was #32,302)

    Who is named Chiong

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

    60% of people named Chiong identified as Asian and Pacific Islander, 35% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 2.9% as white (not Hispanic).

    • Asian and Pacific Islander 60%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 35%
    • White (not Hispanic) 2.9%
    • Two or more races 1.4%

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

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Chiong

    Chiong 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 Chiong come from?
    Borrowed from Cantonese 蔣 /蒋 (zoeng²). Doublet of Chiang, Chionh, Jiang, and Kiang.
    How common is the surname Chiong?
    734 people in the United States had the surname Chiong in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 420,634 Americans. It ranked 31,516th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Chiong?
    In the 2010 Census, 60% of people named Chiong identified as Asian and Pacific Islander, and 35% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
    How do you pronounce Chiong?
    Chiong is /tʃiɑŋ/, one syllable.
    Is the surname Chiong getting more or less common?
    More common. 672 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 734 in 2010, up 9.2%.