# Ng (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/ng/  
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 Hokkien

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | Chinese |
| Type | not recorded |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 31,210 |
| US rank (2010) | 1,125 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 9,893 people |
| Change since 2000 | +13% (27,537 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | /əŋ/, 1 syllable |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Etymology

From various Chinese surnames, including: * Hokkien 黃 /黄 (N̂g) * Cantonese 吳 /吴 (ng⁴) and 伍 (ng⁵) The Philippine pronunciation is influenced by Tagalog ng.

## Who carries it

Share of people named Ng 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) | 1.9% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 0.2% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 1.8% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 93% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 0.0% |
| Two or more races | 2.8% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Ng in the United States, the United Kingdom, Canada, the People's Republic of China and British Hong Kong.

## People named Ng

- Andrew Y. Ng, American artificial intelligence researcher
- Celeste Ng, American novelist
- Philip Ng, American actor based in Hong Kong
- Esther Eng, American film director and restauranteur
- Toby Ng, badminton player
- Ng Tsz Yau, badminton player from Hong Kong
- Chapman To, A well-known actor from Hong Kong who later moved to Taiwan and obtained Taiwanese citizen

## Similar surnames

Ngo, Noga, Ngai, Nguy, Nagy, Nigh, Nagi, Nash, Nix, Nowak, Ness, Noyes.

## 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.