# Zheng (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/zheng/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. Counts from the US Census Bureau; origin and etymology from Wiktionary; bearers from Wikidata. Data updated 2026-11-11.

A surname.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | not recorded |
| Type | not recorded |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 25,242 |
| US rank (2010) | 1,409 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 12,231 people |
| Change since 2000 | +137% (10,670 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | Cheng |

## Etymology

From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of Mandarin 鄭 /郑 (Zhèng).

## Who carries it

Share of people named Zheng 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) | 0.7% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 0.2% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 98% |
| Two or more races | 0.9% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Zheng in the United States, China, Southern Ming dynasty, British Hong Kong and Siam.

## People named Zheng

- Michael Zheng, American tennis player (born 2004)
- Zheng Ji, 1st century BC Han dynasty general
- Koxinga, 17th-century Chinese military leader and first King of Tungning
- Cheng Pei-pei, American Hong Kong actress (1946–2024)
- Thawan Thamrongnawasawat, 8th prime minister of Thailand (1901-1988)

## Similar surnames

Zhang, Zhong, Zhuang, Zeng, Zuniga, Zink, Zang, Zemke, Zinke.

## 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.