The Chong surname
In the 2000 U.S. Census, 12,976 people carried this name — #2,561 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 20,800 people counted.
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In Switzerland’s population statistics
97 people named Chong live in Switzerland.
They live in 11 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Geneva.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where 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 79 people named Chong.
Most of them — 46 — were born outside France. Those born in France came from 9 départements, most often French Polynesia.
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 27 people named Chong 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 Chong.
- Chmielewski 3,421 · U.S. census
- Chojnacki 1,531 · U.S. census
- Chol 174 · U.S. census
- Cholewa 635 · U.S. census
- Chollet 125 · U.S. census
- Chon 3,857 · U.S. census
- Chopin 496 · U.S. census
- Choplin 450 · U.S. census
- Choppin 111 · U.S. census
- Choque 124 · U.S. census
- Chou 7,885 · U.S. census
- Chouteau 210 · U.S. census
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