# Chung (surname)

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

A common surname from Korean.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | Korean |
| Type | not recorded |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 43,110 |
| US rank (2010) | 805 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 7,162 people |
| Change since 2000 | +18% (36,422 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | /t͡ʃʌŋ/, 1 syllable |
| Variant spellings | Jeong, Jung, Jong, Zung, Zong, Tsung, Cheong, Choong, Tjung, Tjoeng |

## Etymology

Romanization * From the McCune-Reischauer transliteration of Korean 정 (jeong), from Korean 鄭, 丁, 程. Doublet of Tee. * From transliteration of Chinese 宗, 程, 种, 仲, 钟, 鍾, 張, 张, 章, 蔣, 蒋, frequently originating from Hong Kong or Taiwan

## Who carries it

Share of people named Chung 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) | 2.3% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 2.3% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 1.4% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 90% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 0.0% |
| Two or more races | 4.0% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Chung in the United States and the People's Republic of China.

## People named Chung

- Jamie Chung, American actress
- Lee Isaac Chung, American filmmaker (born 1978)
- Connie Chung, American journalist from the United States
- Margaret Chung, American physician (1889-1959)
- Mark Chung, American soccer player
- Charlet Chung, American actress and voice actress

## Similar surnames

Chang, Cheng, 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.