# Hong (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/hong/  
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 Mandarin.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | Chinese |
| Type | not recorded |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 31,670 |
| US rank (2010) | 1,106 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 9,749 people |
| Change since 2000 | +32% (24,017 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Etymology

Borrowed from Mandarin 洪 (Hóng) or Taishanese 湯 /汤 (hong¹).

## Who carries it

Share of people named Hong 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) | 7.2% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 1.0% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 1.1% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 88% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 0.2% |
| Two or more races | 2.3% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Hong in the United States and Taiwan.

## People named Hong

- James Hong, American actor (born 1929)
- Hong Chau, American actress (born 1979)
- Asher Hong, American gymnast
- Cathy Park Hong, American writer
- John Hung, Archbishop of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Taipei

## Similar surnames

Hoang, Hung, Hang, Heng, Honig, Hoenig, Haynes, Huang, Hines, Haines, Hwang, Hanks.

## 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.