Kheng

given name · Malay · Latin script

Recorded for both men and women· direction only, no split published

Kheng is a given name, with more bearers in the United States than in any other country. It appears chiefly in Malay and English, written in the Latin script.

rarermore common
  • SGSingapore1 in 94K◐
  • KHCambodia1 in 280K
  • SESweden1 in 1.3M

carrying the name, one hue, darker where it is more common. Hover a country for its figure.

≈196 ●

across 2 countries

Sources
57 ●

1.0K records

Reference-verified

1 in 1.3M ◐

Sweden

Meaning & origin

No verified etymology recorded for this name yet — the entries below are drawn from usage statistics and the name graph.

Where in the world●

Sorted by bearers counted by national registers, records where none counts.

Where Kheng is recorded, by country
CountryMost common spellingSources
US United States188477 rec.1 in 1.8M233Kheng57
SG Singapore114281 rec.——Kheng20
PH Philippines8257 rec.——Kheng8
KH Cambodia77133 rec.——Kheng38
CA Canada2628 rec.——Kheng12
MY Malaysia250 rec.——Kheng14
SE Sweden8—1 in 1.3M8——
GB United Kingdom813 rec.——Kheng13
IN India53 rec.——Kheng4
FR France———17——
FI Finland———10——
BE Belgium—1 rec.—1—1

Roughly 188 people in United States bear this name (about 1 in 1.8M). Estimates project the name's share of our records onto national population, so each is only as good as the record base beside it — the Basis column gives that base; rows marked △ rest on fewer records than the estimate itself and are order-of-magnitude at best.

Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table. How that works.

Languages●

  • Malay13K45%
  • English9.7K33%
  • English (Singapore)1.4K5%
  • Indonesian1.2K4%
  • Khmer6312%
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Languages in which the name is recorded
NameRecordsNote
Malay13,27545%
English9,69633%
English (Singapore)1,4295%
Indonesian1,1554%
Khmer6312%

Language is read off each record's context, not declared by the bearer; a share is of all records for this spelling.

Other names spelled this way◐

Kheng is also recorded as 2 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

  • Spanish given name840 records spelled Kheng4 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in United States, Malaysia, Singapore, Chile

    Languages: Spanish, Portuguese

    Also written Khèñg, Khêñg

  • English given name478 records spelled Kheng193 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Netherlands, United States, Malaysia, Belgium

    Languages: English, Dutch, Western Frisian

    Also written Koen, KenG, Kon, Khen, Ken

40 further groups record this spelling and are not listed here.

Grouping is the name graph's, not a register's: two spellings join a group when the evidence links them, so a group is a claim about the records rather than about the people.

Notable people with this name●

1400160018002000Cao Qing, b. 1432Huang Qing, b. 1485Zhu Qing, b. 1526Sar Kheng, b. 1951Yuqing Tang, b. 1969Dong Qing, b. 1973Tian Qing, b. 1986
  • Cao Qingb. 1432not in their usual namepolitician
  • Huang Qingb. 1485not in their usual nameMing dynasty politician
  • Zhu Qingb. 1526not in their usual nameMing dynasty person CBDB = 204473
  • Sar Khengb. 1951KHCambodian Minister of the Interior
  • Yuqing Tangb. 1969CNnot in their usual nameChinese urbanologist (born 1969)
  • Dong Qingb. 1973CNnot in their usual nameChinese television presenter
  • Tian Qingb. 1986CNnot in their usual nameChinese badminton player
  • Tang YuqingCNnot in their usual nameChinese economist
  • Hou Qingnot in their usual nameMing dynasty person CBDB = 293727
  • Wang Qingnot in their usual namepolitician

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 13 sources across 6 countries.

Official registers attesting Kheng
CountryRegisterYearCountRank
US United StatesCensus Bureau — Surname Frequency 20202020233#86,153
US United StatesCensus Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex2020188#27,350
US United StatesCensus Bureau — Surname Frequency 20102010178#101,247
US United StatesCensus Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex2020147#27,350
US United StatesCensus Bureau — Surname Frequency 20002000132#121,058
FR FranceINSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000)199117—
FR FranceINSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000)198114—
FI FinlandDVV — Nimipalvelu (Finnish name service, per-name lookup)—10#47,057
FI FinlandDVV — Nimipalvelu (Finnish name service, per-name lookup)—10#48,024
SE SwedenSkatteverket — Sök hur många som har ett visst namn (living population)—8#39,429
US United StatesSSA — National Baby Names (1880–present)19895—
FR FranceINSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000)19712—

Reference works 2

  • Dictionary of American Family Names
  • 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 · 23 rows in the corpus for this spelling.

Frequently asked questions

How common is the name Kheng?
We estimate roughly 196 people bear Kheng (counting its spellings and scripts) across 2 countries in our records.
In which country does Kheng have the most bearers?
We estimate about 188 people bear Kheng in the United States, more than in any other country in our records, where it is most often spelled kheng.
Is Kheng a male or female name?
Kheng is recorded for both men and women. We don't publish a percentage split: a record's gender belongs to the person and is attached to every given name on that record, so names in cultures where a name string also carries a parent's or spouse's given name pick up large cross-gender counts.
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About this data

● measured from records◐ inferred from the name graph○ machine-generated

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.

Reference works we consult — surname dictionaries, official name registers, Wikidata and Wiktionary — are named directly, beside the claims they support. The per-country source counts also include datasets of person records: we publish how many there are and their authority tier, but not their names.

Cite this page Mondonomo, “Kheng”. Data snapshot 2026-09-12.

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