# Sheng (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/sheng/  
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) | 1,772 |
| US rank (2010) | 16,273 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 174,236 people |
| Change since 2000 | +47% (1,202 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Etymology

From several Chinese surnames, including: * From Mandarin 盛. Doublet of Shing, Seng, and Sing. * From Mandarin 生. Doublet of Sang.

## Who carries it

Share of people named Sheng 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) | 2.7% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 0.4% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 0.8% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 94% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 0.0% |
| Two or more races | 2.3% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Sheng in Republic of China.

## People named Sheng

- Sheng Xuanhuai, 1844-1916, founder of Jiaotong University

## Similar surnames

Shenk, Shang, Schenk, Seng, Singh, Sims, Saenz, Simms, Song, Sams, Shank, Shanks.

## 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.