# Kong (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/kong/  
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) | 14,165 |
| US rank (2010) | 2,551 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 21,796 people |
| Change since 2000 | +28% (11,040 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Etymology

Borrowed from Mandarin 孔 (kǒng) or Cantonese 江 (gong1).

## Who carries it

Share of people named Kong 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) | 4.5% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 2.2% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 1.8% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 88% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 0.1% |
| Two or more races | 3.5% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Kong in Lu and the United States.

## People named Kong

- Confucius, 5th-century BCE Chinese philosopher and politician
- William Hung, American singer

## Similar surnames

King, Kang, Koenig, Küng, Konig, Kwong, Koons, Konz, Khong, Knox, Kinsey, Kunz.

## 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.