How common is the surname Zheng?

25,242 people in the United States had the surname Zheng in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 12,231 Americans. It ranked 1,409th of 162,253 surnames.

Who is the most famous person named Zheng?

Michael Zheng, American tennis player (born 2004), followed by Zheng Ji.

Where is the surname Zheng most common?

Wikidata records people named Zheng in the United States, China and Southern Ming dynasty and 2 other countries.

Is the surname Zheng getting more or less common?

More common. 10,670 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 25,242 in 2010, up 137%.

Is Zheng also a first name?

Yes. Zheng is used as a first name as well as a surname; its first-name page has the meaning and how many babies were given it.

The surname Zheng

A surname, carried by 25,242 people in the United States.

1 syllable Soundex Z520

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Zheng is more common than 99.1% of them.

Origin

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

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 25,242 people named Zheng in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 12,231 Americans. That is up 137% since 2000, when the Census counted 10,670.

#1,409

rank among US surnames

25,242

people in 2010

8.6

per 100,000 Americans

+136.6%

change since 2000 (was #3,111)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#1,400	Ziegler	25,351	12,179
#1,401	Vinson	25,341	12,184
#1,402	Eldridge	25,299	12,204
#1,403	Pina	25,293	12,207
#1,404	Schumacher	25,292	12,207
#1,405	Akers	25,290	12,208
#1,406	Roe	25,286	12,210

Who is named Zheng

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

98% of people named Zheng identified as Asian and Pacific Islander.

Asian and Pacific Islander 98%
Two or more races 0.9%
White (not Hispanic) 0.7%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 0.2%

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 Zhengs

5 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Michael Zheng
American tennis player (born 2004)
Zheng Ji
1st century BC Han dynasty general, died -48
Koxinga
17th-century Chinese military leader and first King of Tungning, 1624–1662
Cheng Pei-pei
American Hong Kong actress (1946–2024)
Thawan Thamrongnawasawat
8th prime minister of Thailand (1901-1988)

Notable Zhengs come mostly from the United States (1), China (1) and Southern Ming dynasty (1).

Spellings and sound-alikes

Useful when a record has your ancestor under another spelling

Variant spellings

Cheng

Surnames that sound like Zheng

Zheng has the Soundex code Z520, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code Z520.

Questions

Where does the surname Zheng come from?: From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of Mandarin 鄭 /郑 (Zhèng).
How common is the surname Zheng?: 25,242 people in the United States had the surname Zheng in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 12,231 Americans. It ranked 1,409th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Zheng?: In the 2010 Census, 98% of people named Zheng identified as Asian and Pacific Islander, and 0.9% as two or more races.
Who is the most famous person named Zheng?: Michael Zheng, American tennis player (born 2004), followed by Zheng Ji.
Where is the surname Zheng most common?: Wikidata records people named Zheng in the United States, China and Southern Ming dynasty and 2 other countries.
Is the surname Zheng getting more or less common?: More common. 10,670 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 25,242 in 2010, up 137%.
What are other spellings of Zheng?: Cheng.
Is Zheng also a first name?: Yes. Zheng is used as a first name as well as a surname; its first-name page has the meaning and how many babies were given it.