How common is the surname Jeong?

5,404 people in the United States had the surname Jeong in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 57,133 Americans. It ranked 6,315th of 162,253 surnames.

Who is the most famous person named Jeong?

Sarah Jeong, American journalist.

Where is the surname Jeong most common?

Wikidata records people named Jeong in the United States.

Is the surname Jeong getting more or less common?

More common. 2,826 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 5,404 in 2010, up 91%.

The surname Jeong

A Korean surname, carried by 5,404 people in the United States.

1 syllable Soundex J520

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Jeong is more common than 96.1% of them.

Origin

Korean origin

Transliteration of Korean 정 (jeong).

One of 42 Korean surnames on this site.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 5,404 people named Jeong in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 57,133 Americans. That is up 91% since 2000, when the Census counted 2,826.

#6,315

rank among US surnames

5,404

people in 2010

1.8

per 100,000 Americans

+91.2%

change since 2000 (was #10,444)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#6,311	Levitt	5,407	57,101
#6,312	Reeve	5,406	57,112
#6,313	Pepe	5,405	57,122
#6,315	Gagliardi	5,404	57,133

Who is named Jeong

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

97% of people named Jeong identified as Asian and Pacific Islander, 1.5% as white (not Hispanic).

Asian and Pacific Islander 97%
White (not Hispanic) 1.5%
Two or more races 1.0%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 0.5%
Black (not Hispanic) 0.2%

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

Famous Jeongs

1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

Sarah Jeong
American journalist, born 1988

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Variant spellings

Joung

Surnames that sound like Jeong

Jong

Jeong has the Soundex code J520, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code J520.

Other Korean surnames

All 42 Korean surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Jeong come from?: Transliteration of Korean 정 (jeong).
How common is the surname Jeong?: 5,404 people in the United States had the surname Jeong in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 57,133 Americans. It ranked 6,315th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Jeong?: In the 2010 Census, 97% of people named Jeong identified as Asian and Pacific Islander, and 1.5% as white (not Hispanic).
Who is the most famous person named Jeong?: Sarah Jeong, American journalist.
Where is the surname Jeong most common?: Wikidata records people named Jeong in the United States.
Is the surname Jeong getting more or less common?: More common. 2,826 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 5,404 in 2010, up 91%.
What are other spellings of Jeong?: Joung.