# Ong (surname)

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

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | Chinese |
| Type | not recorded |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 9,584 |
| US rank (2010) | 3,704 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 32,215 people |
| Change since 2000 | +27% (7,572 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Etymology

From Hokkien 王 (Ông) or 汪 (Ong).

## Who carries it

Share of people named Ong 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) | 7.3% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 1.9% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 87% |
| Two or more races | 3.1% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Ong in the United States, Singapore and Malaysia.

## People named Ong

- Ong Teng Cheong, 5th President of Singapore (1936–2002)
- Betty Ong, American flight assistant (1956–2001)
- Ong Yew Sin, badminton player
- Jack Ong, American actor, writer, activist and marketing professional (1940-2017)

## Similar surnames

Owings, Owens, Ouyang.

## 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.