Cheung
surname · English · Latin script
Recorded for both men and women· direction only, no split published
Cheung is a surname, most frequently recorded in Hong Kong, where it is the 9th most common surname. It appears chiefly in English and Chinese, written in the Latin script. Recorded meaning: From Cantonese 張／张 (zoeng¹), 章 (zoeng¹) or 蔣／蒋 (zoeng²). Doublet of Zhang and Chang.
- HKHong Kong1 in 115◐
- AUAustralia1 in 4.3K
- CACanada1 in 5K
carrying the name, one hue, darker where it is more common. Hover a country for its figure.
- ≈22K ●
- Sources
- 383 ●
- 1 in 8.5K ◐
across 14 countries
237K records
Official registry-verified
Netherlands
Meaning & origin●
From Cantonese 張／张 (zoeng¹), 章 (zoeng¹) or 蔣／蒋 (zoeng²). Doublet of Zhang and Chang.
Sources 1
Where in the world●
Sorted by bearers counted by national registers, records where none counts.
| Country | Most common spelling | Sources | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| HK Hong Kong | #9 | 25,471 | 24K rec. | — | 425 | Cheung | 171 |
| AU Australia | #396 | 19,543 | 19K rec. | — | — | Cheung | 179 |
| US United States | — | 18,765 | 157K rec. | 1 in 18K | 20K | Cheung | 383 |
| CA Canada | #392 | 14,903 | 14K rec. | — | — | Cheung | 190 |
| GB United Kingdom | — | 12,439 | 11K rec. | — | — | Cheung | 172 |
| CN China | — | 2,995 | 1.8K rec. | — | — | Cheung | 117 |
| NL Netherlands | #559 | 2,038 | 2.5K rec. | 1 in 8.5K | 2K | Cheung | 84 |
| PH Philippines | — | 1,051 | 868 rec. | — | — | Cheung | 40 |
| SG Singapore | #652 | 974 | 914 rec. | — | — | Cheung | 93 |
| MY Malaysia | — | 719 | 746 rec. | — | — | Cheung | 44 |
| BE Belgium | — | 256 | 128 rec. | 1 in 46K | 273 | Cheung | 29 |
| NO Norway | — | 190△ | 39 rec. | 1 in 29K | 190 | Cheung | 19 |
Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table. How that works.
Languages●
- English226K63%
- Chinese66K18%
- Spanish11K3%
- 6.9K2%
- Welsh5.9K2%
Show as table
| Name | Records | Note |
|---|---|---|
| English | 225,790 | 63% |
| Chinese | 66,189 | 18% |
| Spanish | 10,567 | 3% |
| 6,888 | 2% | |
| Welsh | 5,874 | 2% |
Language is read off each record's context, not declared by the bearer; a share is of all records for this spelling.
Notable people with this name●
- Zhang Qianb. 200CNnot in their usual nameimperial envoy to the world outside of China in the 2nd century BC
- Chiang Kai-shekb. 1887TWnot in their usual nameChinese politician, military leader, and President of the ROC (1887–1975)
- Soong May-lingb. 1898USnot in their usual nameChiang Kai-shek's wife, First Lady of the Republic of China (1898–2003)
- Chiang Ching-kuob. 1910TWnot in their usual name6th and 7th President of Republic of China
- Zhang Yimoub. 1950CNnot in their usual nameChinese filmmaker
- Leslie Cheungb. 1956CNHong Kong singer and actor (1956–2003)
- Ai Weiweib. 1957CNnot in their usual nameChinese Conceptual artist (born 1957)
- Maggie Cheungb. 1964GBHong Kong actress
- Michael Changb. 1972USnot in their usual nameAmerican tennis player (born 1972)
- Zhang Ziyib. 1979CNnot in their usual nameChinese actress and model
The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).
Evidence●
Attested in 38 sources across 20 countries.
Reference works 5
- Dictionary of American Family Names
- The Oxford Dictionary of Family Names in Britain and Ireland
- Nederlandse FamilienamenBank (Dutch surname bank; ex-Meertens Instituut, now CBG)2007
- Wikipedia surname tokens
- Wikidata name items (native-script + romanized given/family names)
These works list the name; their figures are licensed and are not reproduced here.
Register rows as of the 2026-09-12 data build · 82 rows in the corpus for this spelling.
Frequently asked questions
- How common is the name Cheung?
- We estimate roughly 22 thousand people bear Cheung (counting its spellings and scripts) across 14 countries in our records.
- In which country does Cheung have the most bearers?
- Cheung is most frequently recorded in Hong Kong, where it is most often spelled cheung.
- How common is Cheung compared with other names?
- In Hong Kong, Cheung is the 9th most common surname of 7,703 surnames recorded there.
- What does the name Cheung mean?
- Recorded meaning: From Cantonese 張／张 (zoeng¹), 章 (zoeng¹) or 蔣／蒋 (zoeng²). Doublet of Zhang and Chang.
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About this data
Data snapshot . Figures are rebuilt periodically and will change.
Statistics are aggregated from the Mondonomo name corpus; related names and etymology are inferred from the name graph; pronunciation and any machine-marked transliterations are model-generated. Read how the numbers are made, including their known failure modes, and where the data comes from.
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Cite this page Mondonomo, “Cheung” — the 9th most common surname in Hong Kong. Data snapshot 2026-09-12.