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    The surname Sheng

    A Chinese surname, carried by 1,772 people in the United States.

    1 syllable Soundex S520

    Sheng: #16,273 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Sheng #16,273, 1,772 people Sheng: #16,273 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Sheng #16,273, 1,772 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Sheng is more common than 90% of them.

    Origin

    Chinese origin

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

    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 1,772 people named Sheng in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 174,236 Americans. That is up 47% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,202.

    #16,273
    rank among US surnames
    1,772
    people in 2010
    0.6
    per 100,000 Americans
    +47.4%
    change since 2000 (was #20,512)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #16,265Rake1,773174,137
    #16,273Layden1,772174,236

    Who is named Sheng

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

    94% of people named Sheng identified as Asian and Pacific Islander, 2.7% as white (not Hispanic) and 2.3% as two or more races.

    • Asian and Pacific Islander 94%
    • White (not Hispanic) 2.7%
    • Two or more races 2.3%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 0.8%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 0.4%

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

    Famous Shengs

    1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

    • Sheng Xuanhuai
      1844-1916, founder of Jiaotong University

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Sheng

    Sheng has the Soundex code S520, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code S520.

    Other Chinese surnames

    All 193 Chinese surnames

    Questions

    Where does the surname Sheng come from?
    From several Chinese surnames, including: * From Mandarin 盛. Doublet of Shing, Seng, and Sing. * From Mandarin 生. Doublet of Sang.
    How common is the surname Sheng?
    1,772 people in the United States had the surname Sheng in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 174,236 Americans. It ranked 16,273rd of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Sheng?
    In the 2010 Census, 94% of people named Sheng identified as Asian and Pacific Islander, and 2.7% as white (not Hispanic).
    Who is the most famous person named Sheng?
    Sheng Xuanhuai, 1844-1916, founder of Jiaotong University.
    Where is the surname Sheng most common?
    Wikidata records people named Sheng in Republic of China.
    Is the surname Sheng getting more or less common?
    More common. 1,202 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,772 in 2010, up 47%.