# Wong (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/wong/  
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 Cantonese.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | Chinese |
| Type | not recorded |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 111,371 |
| US rank (2010) | 274 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 2,772 people |
| Change since 2000 | +12% (99,392 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | /wɔŋ/, 1 syllable |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Etymology

From Cantonese, from Chinese: * 王 (wong⁴, “king”). Doublet of Vuong and Wang. * 黃／黄 (wong⁴, “yellow”). Doublet of Huynh and Huang. * 汪 (wong¹).

## Who carries it

Share of people named Wong 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) | 3.5% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 0.8% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 4.0% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 86% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 0.0% |
| Two or more races | 5.2% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Wong in the United States, Malaysia, the United Kingdom and Australia.

## People named Wong

- Benedict Wong, British actor
- BD Wong, American actor
- Ali Wong, American comedian and actress (born 1982)
- Russell Wong, American actor (born 1963)
- Penny Wong, Australian politician
- Flossie Wong-Staal, American virologist
- Alice Wong, American disability activist (1974–2025)
- Jimmy Wong, American actor and singer
- Freddie Wong, American filmmaker
- Wong Choong Hann, badminton player
- Leanne Wong, American artistic gymnast
- Linda Wong, American pornographic actress (1951-1987)

and 6 more on Wikidata.

## Similar surnames

Wang, Wing, Weng, Womack, Weems, Wingo, Wines, Wink, Wiens, Wenz, Winch, Wunsch.

## 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.