# Dong (surname)

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

A surname.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | not recorded |
| Type | not recorded |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 12,466 |
| US rank (2010) | 2,879 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 24,767 people |
| Change since 2000 | +70% (7,327 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | Doong |

## Who carries it

Share of people named Dong 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) | 0.4% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 0.8% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 94% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 0.1% |
| Two or more races | 2.1% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Dong in Yang Wu, the People's Republic of China, Shu Han and the United States.

## People named Dong

- Dong Yuan, 10th-century Chinese artist
- Dong Jiong, badminton player
- Dong Feng, 3rd Century Eastern Han physician
- Dong Jue, 3rd century Shu Han official and general
- Vy Dong, American chemist

## Similar surnames

Dang, Duong, Deng, Ding, Downs, Dones, Donoghue, Donis, Donaghy, Dennis, Dumas, Duenas.

## 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.