How common is the surname Ong?

9,584 people in the United States had the surname Ong in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 32,215 Americans. It ranked 3,704th of 162,253 surnames.

Who is the most famous person named Ong?

Ong Teng Cheong, 5th President of Singapore (1936–2002), followed by Betty Ong.

Where is the surname Ong most common?

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

Is the surname Ong getting more or less common?

More common. 7,572 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 9,584 in 2010, up 27%.

The surname Ong

A Chinese surname, carried by 9,584 people in the United States.

1 syllable Soundex O520

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Ong is more common than 97.7% of them.

Origin

Chinese origin

From Hokkien 王 (Ông) or 汪 (Ong).

One of 193 Chinese surnames on this site.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 9,584 people named Ong in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 32,215 Americans. That is up 27% since 2000, when the Census counted 7,572.

#3,704

rank among US surnames

9,584

people in 2010

3.3

per 100,000 Americans

+26.6%

change since 2000 (was #4,343)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#3,699	Fiore	9,606	32,141
#3,701	Bivens	9,603	32,151
#3,702	Frick	9,597	32,171
#3,704	Ong	9,584	32,215

Who is named Ong

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

87% of people named Ong identified as Asian and Pacific Islander, 7.3% as white (not Hispanic) and 3.1% as two or more races.

Asian and Pacific Islander 87%
White (not Hispanic) 7.3%
Two or more races 3.1%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.9%

The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Black, Native American are not shown.

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

Famous Ongs

4 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Ong Teng Cheong
5th President of Singapore (1936–2002)
Betty Ong
American flight assistant (1956–2001)
Ong Yew Sin
Badminton player, born 1995
Jack Ong
American actor, writer, activist and marketing professional (1940-2017)

Notable Ongs come mostly from the United States (2), Singapore (1) and Malaysia (1).

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Ong

Owings

Ong has the Soundex code O520, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code O520.

Other Chinese surnames

All 193 Chinese surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Ong come from?: From Hokkien 王 (Ông) or 汪 (Ong).
How common is the surname Ong?: 9,584 people in the United States had the surname Ong in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 32,215 Americans. It ranked 3,704th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Ong?: In the 2010 Census, 87% of people named Ong identified as Asian and Pacific Islander, and 7.3% as white (not Hispanic).
Who is the most famous person named Ong?: Ong Teng Cheong, 5th President of Singapore (1936–2002), followed by Betty Ong.
Where is the surname Ong most common?: Wikidata records people named Ong in the United States, Singapore and Malaysia.
Is the surname Ong getting more or less common?: More common. 7,572 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 9,584 in 2010, up 27%.