The Chung surname
In the 2000 U.S. Census, 36,422 people carried this name — #870 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 7,410 people counted.
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In Switzerland’s population statistics
203 people named Chung live in Switzerland.
They live in 12 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 179 people named Chung.
Most of them — 125 — were born outside France. Those born in France came from 12 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 38 people named Chung 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 Chung.
- Christophe 660 · U.S. census
- Christophel 234 · U.S. census
- Christy 13,295 · U.S. census
- Chu 24,381 · U.S. census
- Chudy 945 · U.S. census
- Chudzik 443 · U.S. census
- Cialdella 149 · U.S. census
- Ciampi 733 · U.S. census
- Cianci 1,490 · U.S. census
- Cianfarani 140 · U.S. census
- Ciani 566 · U.S. census
- Cianni 118 · U.S. census
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