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    The surname Zhong

    A surname, carried by 4,991 people in the United States.

    Pronounced /d͡ʒɔŋ/ 1 syllable Soundex Z520

    Zhong: #6,754 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Zhong #6,754, 4,991 people Zhong: #6,754 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Zhong #6,754, 4,991 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Zhong is more common than 95.8% of them.

    Origin

    A surname.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 4,991 people named Zhong in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 61,860 Americans. That is up 92% since 2000, when the Census counted 2,595.

    #6,754
    rank among US surnames
    4,991
    people in 2010
    1.7
    per 100,000 Americans
    +92.3%
    change since 2000 (was #11,200)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #6,746Fraga4,99861,774
    #6,748Neves4,99761,786
    #6,749Batres4,99661,799
    #6,750Benge4,99561,811
    #6,751Tseng4,99461,823
    #6,752McMinn4,99361,836
    #6,753Kight4,99261,848

    Who is named Zhong

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

    98% of people named Zhong identified as Asian and Pacific Islander, 1.1% as white (not Hispanic).

    • Asian and Pacific Islander 98%
    • White (not Hispanic) 1.1%
    • Two or more races 0.5%
    • 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.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Zhong

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

    Questions

    How common is the surname Zhong?
    4,991 people in the United States had the surname Zhong in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 61,860 Americans. It ranked 6,754th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Zhong?
    In the 2010 Census, 98% of people named Zhong identified as Asian and Pacific Islander, and 1.1% as white (not Hispanic).
    How do you pronounce Zhong?
    Zhong is /d͡ʒɔŋ/, one syllable.
    Is the surname Zhong getting more or less common?
    More common. 2,595 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 4,991 in 2010, up 92%.