# Fong (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/fong/  
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) | 17,889 |
| US rank (2010) | 2,018 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 17,259 people |
| Change since 2000 | +7.7% (16,614 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | /fɔŋ/, 1 syllable |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Etymology

Borrowed from Cantonese 方 (fong1), 房 (fong4), 馮／冯 (fung4), Taishanese 鄺／邝 (fong1), or other less common Chinese surnames.

## Who carries it

Share of people named Fong 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) | 5.0% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 1.1% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 6.8% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 81% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 0.0% |
| Two or more races | 5.9% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Fong in the United States.

## People named Fong

- Dennis Fong, American businessperson
- Larry Fong, American cinematographer
- Benson Fong, American actor (1916-1987)
- Vince Fong, American politician from California (born 1979)

## Similar surnames

Feng, Fang, Fung, Finch, Fink, Funk, Funes, Fenwick, Finke, Fenske, Funke, Finck.

## 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.