# Meng (surname)

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

A Chinese surname from Mandarin.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | Chinese |
| Type | not recorded |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 5,729 |
| US rank (2010) | 6,001 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 53,892 people |
| Change since 2000 | +49% (3,837 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Etymology

From non-English surnames: * From Khmer មេង (meing) * From Mandarin 孟 (Mèng). * From German Meng

## Who carries it

Share of people named Meng 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) | 31% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 0.5% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 10% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 57% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 0.4% |
| Two or more races | 1.1% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Meng in Shu Han and the United States.

## People named Meng

- Meng Huo, 3rd century tribal leader in the Nanzhong region
- Grace Meng, American politician (born 1975)

## Similar surnames

Menke, Ming, Mong, Mang, Means, Mensah, Mensch, Menz, Menge, Menez, Munoz, Muniz.

## 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.