Dong surname: U.S. census count, rank and records | FamilyCrests

The Dong surname

In the 2000 U.S. Census, 7,327 people carried this name — #4,458 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 36,800 people counted.

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In Switzerland’s population statistics

140 people named Dong live in Switzerland.

They live in 13 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Zurich.

Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.

Where they live today

Zurich 36
Vaud 35
Geneva 13
Fribourg 9
Bern 7
Valais 7
Zug 6
Basel-Stadt 6

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 65 people named Dong.

Most of them — 59 — were born outside France. Those born in France came from 4 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

Born outside France 59
Paris 2
Seine-Maritime 1
Seine-Saint-Denis 1

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 36 people named Dong 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 Brussels-Capital.

Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.

Where they live today

Brussels-Capital 12
Antwerp 9
Flemish Brabant 5
East Flanders 5
Hainaut 5

Statbel (Statistics Belgium), family names of the population by municipality, 1 January 2026 — CC BY 4.0.

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