How common is the surname Deng?

8,898 people in the United States had the surname Deng in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 34,698 Americans. It ranked 3,993rd of 162,253 surnames.

Who is the most famous person named Deng?

Deng Shudi, artistic gymnast, followed by Betty Ong.

Where is the surname Deng most common?

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

Is the surname Deng getting more or less common?

More common. 4,123 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 8,898 in 2010, up 116%.

The surname Deng

A Chinese surname, carried by 8,898 people in the United States.

Pronounced /dʌŋ/ 1 syllable Soundex D520

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Deng is more common than 97.5% of them.

Origin

Chinese origin

Borrowed from Mandarin 鄧／邓 (Dèng).

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 8,898 people named Deng in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 34,698 Americans. That is up 116% since 2000, when the Census counted 4,123.

#3,993

rank among US surnames

8,898

people in 2010

3.0

per 100,000 Americans

+115.8%

change since 2000 (was #7,444)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#3,984	Grice	8,914	34,636
#3,985	Freedman	8,913	34,640
#3,986	Bergstrom	8,908	34,659
#3,987	Clausen	8,906	34,667
#3,988	Chew	8,905	34,671
#3,989	Haase	8,904	34,675
#3,991	Outlaw	8,901	34,687

Who is named Deng

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

86% of people named Deng identified as Asian and Pacific Islander, 11% as Black (not Hispanic) and 1.6% as white (not Hispanic).

Asian and Pacific Islander 86%
Black (not Hispanic) 11%
White (not Hispanic) 1.6%
Two or more races 0.9%

The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Hispanic, Native American are not shown.

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

Famous Dengs

3 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Deng Shudi
Artistic gymnast, born 1991
Betty Ong
American flight assistant (1956–2001)
Dennis Dun
American actor, born 1952

Notable Dengs come mostly from the United States (2) and the People's Republic of China (1).

Spellings and sound-alikes

Useful when a record has your ancestor under another spelling

Variant spellings

Teng

Surnames that sound like Deng

Deng has the Soundex code D520, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code D520.

Other Chinese surnames

All 193 Chinese surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Deng come from?: Borrowed from Mandarin 鄧／邓 (Dèng).
How common is the surname Deng?: 8,898 people in the United States had the surname Deng in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 34,698 Americans. It ranked 3,993rd of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Deng?: In the 2010 Census, 86% of people named Deng identified as Asian and Pacific Islander, and 11% as Black (not Hispanic).
Who is the most famous person named Deng?: Deng Shudi, artistic gymnast, followed by Betty Ong.
Where is the surname Deng most common?: Wikidata records people named Deng in the United States and the People's Republic of China.
How do you pronounce Deng?: Deng is /dʌŋ/, one syllable.
Is the surname Deng getting more or less common?: More common. 4,123 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 8,898 in 2010, up 116%.
What are other spellings of Deng?: Teng.