The Cheng surname
In the 2000 U.S. Census, 26,023 people carried this name — #1,238 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 10,400 people counted.
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In Switzerland’s population statistics
243 people named Cheng live in Switzerland.
They live in 13 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Zurich.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere they live today
Swiss Federal Statistical Office (FSO), «Surnames of the permanent resident population by canton», 2025, opendata.swiss · names with fewer than 3 bearers in a canton are not published.
In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 124 people named Cheng.
Most of them — 109 — were born outside France. Those born in France came from 8 départements, most often Paris.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they were born
Fichier des personnes décédées, INSEE — Licence Ouverte 2.0 · deaths recorded in France since 1970, by place of birth.
In Belgium’s population register
At least 112 people named Cheng live in Belgium.
Statbel only publishes a name in a municipality when five or more people there share it, so the real number is higher. Most of them live in Antwerp.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they live today
Statbel (Statistics Belgium), family names of the population by municipality, 1 January 2026 — CC BY 4.0.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Cheng.
- Chenard 650 · U.S. census
- Chenault 4,089 · U.S. census
- Chene 266 · U.S. census
- Cheneau 137 · U.S. census
- Chenet 244 · U.S. census
- Cheney 12,970 · U.S. census
- Chenier 1,163 · U.S. census
- Chenot 318 · U.S. census
- Cher 210 · U.S. census
- Cheri 194 · U.S. census
- Cherif 174 · U.S. census
- Cherin 218 · U.S. census
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