Seng

given name · Malay · Latin script

Recorded as a male name· opposite-gender records fall within measured source noise

Seng is a given name, most frequently recorded in Thailand. In Malaysia it is the 46th most common given name. It appears chiefly in Malay and English, written in the Latin script. Recorded meaning: alternative form of zink.

rarermore common
  • THThailand1 in 177◐
  • MYMalaysia1 in 862
  • SGSingapore1 in 1.3K

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

≈96K ●

across 10 countries

2 ●

recorded for this name

Sources
325 ●

298K records

Official registry-verified

1 in 193 ◐

Finland

Spellings & scripts●

SeeLatin · English●97K records
ทรายThai · Thai●12K records

16 other spellings are counted as the same name:

Locally spelled See in US United States, PH Philippines, AU Australia and 10 more, Siri in NO Norway, SE Sweden, IN India, ศรี in TH Thailand and ซู in CN China.

Spellings marked ● are how people bearing the name write it in our records; ○ marks a model's transliteration. Click a spelling to open its page.

Meaning & origin●

alternative form of zink

Sources 1

  • kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

Attested across 8 languages in the etymology graph.

Where in the world●

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

Where Seng is recorded, by country
CountryMost common spellingSources
TH Thailand#234168,21386K rec.—#173,372ศรี122
MY Malaysia#4673,31174K rec.——Seng114
US United States—41,69792K rec.1 in 8K42KSee325
FI Finland—28,908△148 rec.1 in 19331K—11
SE Sweden—10,123△77 rec.1 in 1K10KSiri11
NO Norway—8,256△44 rec.1 in 66228KSiri20
SG Singapore#1637,93010K rec.——Seng134
PH Philippines—6,2625K rec.——See85
AU Australia—4,5366K rec.—3See136
GB United Kingdom—4,1334.7K rec.—7See94
ES Spain—4,129△177 rec.1 in 12K4.1K—11
DE Germany—2,2282.5K rec.—1See84

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

Languages●

  • Malay62K37%
  • English51K30%
  • English (Singapore)11K6%
  • Chinese7.2K4%
  • Indonesian5.5K3%
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Languages in which the name is recorded
NameRecordsNote
Malay62,12437%
English50,75730%
English (Singapore)10,8106%
Chinese7,2324%
Indonesian5,4663%

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◐

Seng is also recorded as 4 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

  • English given name108K records spelled Seng6 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Malaysia, United States, Australia, Singapore

    Languages: English, German, Dutch

    Also written Śeñg, Sèng

  • French given name7.5K records spelled Seng4 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in France, Malaysia, United States, Singapore

    Also written Sèng, Séng

  • Bangla given name6.4K records spelled Seng7 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Malaysia, India, Singapore, United States

    Languages: Bangla, Hindi, Urdu

    Also written সেং, Šeng

  • a separate given name2.6K records spelled Seng6 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in United States, Malaysia, Singapore, United Kingdom

    Also written Šeng, Ṡeng, Séng, Śeng, Sēng

53 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.

Other recorded senses●

Seng is also recorded in 5 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.

  • In Indonesian, zinc

    as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

  • In German, Übername für einen Bauern; zu mhd. senge 'schnittreif'. 720+371 Belege. Auch Wohnstättenname möglich.

    as a nameDeutscher Familiennamenatlas, Band 5: Familiennamen nach Beruf und persönlichen Merkmalen

  • In Danish, bed (a piece of furniture to sleep on)

    as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

  • In ang, singular imperative of senġan

    as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

  • In Chinese, nonstandard spelling of sēng

    as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

Ordered by how much of this spelling's record each language holds, so a sense from a language the name is barely used in sits last rather than first.

Over time●

010203019801990200021 · 1983

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Seng in SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present), United States, 1980–2008
Yearrecords
19807
198117
198215
198321
198414
198512
198610
19879
198813
198920
199017
199113
199212
199310
199414
199511
19968
19977
19985
20055
20085

US SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) — 21 years between 1980–2008. One register's own figures, never a sum across registers: two registers counting the same people would double them.

Notable people with this name●

0500100015002000Bao Xin, b. 152Li Xin, b. 250Taksin, b. 1734Xian Xinghai, b. 1905Chan Sing, b. 1940Shane Chen, b. 1956Xu Xing, b. 1956Jin Xing, b. 1967Xu Xing, b. 1969Chen Xing, b. 1983
  • Bao Xinb. 152CNnot in their usual nameHan dynasty general and warlord (152–192)
  • Li Xinb. 250not in their usual nameChinese military general from the state of Qin during the Warring States period
  • Taksinb. 1734THnot in their usual nameKing of Siam
  • Xian Xinghaib. 1905CNnot in their usual nameChinese composer (1905–1945)
  • Chan Singb. 1940THnot in their usual nameThai-born actor (1936-2019)
  • Shane Chenb. 1956CNnot in their usual nameChinese-American inventor
  • Xu Xingb. 1956CNnot in their usual nameChinese writer, resident in Germany
  • Jin Xingb. 1967CNnot in their usual nameChinese ballerina, modern dancer, choreographer and actress
  • Xu Xingb. 1969CNnot in their usual nameChinese paleontologist
  • Chen Xingb. 1983CNnot in their usual nameChinese footballer

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 34 sources across 22 countries.

Official registers attesting Seng
CountryRegisterYearCountRank
US United StatesCensus Bureau — Surname Frequency 202020204.6K#7,040
US United StatesCensus Bureau — Surname Frequency 201020104.6K#7,311
US United StatesCensus Bureau — Surname Frequency 200020003.6K#8,457
US United StatesCensus Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex20201.5K#6,889
US United StatesCensus Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex2020793#6,889
FR FranceINSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000)1981216—
FR FranceINSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000)1991116—
FR FranceINSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000)197168—
CH SwitzerlandBFS — Familiennamen der Wohnbevölkerung (surnames)202457#16,859
SE SwedenSkatteverket — Sök hur många som har ett visst namn (living population)—54#13,028
FI FinlandDVV — Nimipalvelu (Finnish name service, per-name lookup)—54#8,231
FI FinlandDVV — Nimipalvelu (Finnish name service, per-name lookup)—49#8,375

Reference works 3

  • Dictionary of American Family Names
  • Nederlandse FamilienamenBank (Dutch surname bank; ex-Meertens Instituut, now CBG)2007
  • 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 · 87 rows in the corpus for this spelling.

Frequently asked questions

How common is the name Seng?
We estimate roughly 96 thousand people bear Seng (counting its spellings and scripts) across 10 countries in our records.
In which country does Seng have the most bearers?
Seng is most frequently recorded in Thailand, where it is most often spelled ศรี.
How common is Seng compared with other names?
In Thailand, Seng is the 234th most common given name of 422,526 given names recorded there.
Is Seng a male or female name?
Seng 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.
What does the name Seng mean?
Recorded meaning: alternative form of zink
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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, “Seng” — the 234th most common given name in Thailand. Data snapshot 2026-09-12.

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