The Fong surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 17,889 people carried this name — #2,018 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 16,500 people counted. That is up 8% from 16,614 in 2000.

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Where the name comes from

The origin of the Fong surname

Borrowed from Cantonese 方 (fong1), 房 (fong4), 馮／冯 (fung4), Taishanese 鄺／邝 (fong1), or other less common Chinese surnames.

From Wiktionary, the free dictionary (en.wiktionary.org) — entry «Fong» (English), by Wiktionary contributors · licensed CC BY-SA 4.0 (creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0) · excerpt, lightly adapted.

In Switzerland’s population statistics

41 people named Fong live in Switzerland.

They live in 5 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Vaud.

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

Where they live today

Vaud 14
Geneva 13
Zurich 8
Aargau 3
Solothurn 3

Swiss Federal Statistical Office (FSO), «Surnames of the permanent resident population by canton», 2025, opendata.swiss/en/dataset/nachnamen-der-standigen-wohnbevolkerung-nach-kanton3 · names with fewer than 3 bearers in a canton are not published.

In France’s civil register

France’s register of deaths holds 33 people named Fong.

Most of them — 21 — 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 21
Paris 5
French Polynesia 5
Haute-Vienne 1
Hauts-de-Seine 1

Fichier des personnes décédées, INSEE — Licence Ouverte 2.0 · deaths recorded in France since 1970, by place of birth.

In the Nordic population registers

65 people named Fong is counted in Sweden.

Sweden’s figure is from 31 December 2022, the last count Statistics Sweden published.

Counted, by country

Sweden (2022) 65

Own calculations based on data from Statistics Sweden (SCB), surnames with at least two bearers, 31 December 2022 — CC BY 4.0 (names with 20 or more bearers shown).

In print

Fong in American newspapers,
1899–1916.

Newspaper page from The Opelousas Courier carrying the name Fong
The Opelousas Courier 1899-04-15
Newspaper page from The Montgomery Advertiser carrying the name Fong
The Montgomery Advertiser 1901-09-15
Newspaper page from The Southern Herald carrying the name Fong
The Southern Herald 1916-01-07

Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 40,594 pages in all carry the name.

In print

Fong in Australian newspapers,
1840s–2000s.

2,874 articles name a Mr, Mrs or Miss Fong. The most, 522, date from the 1930s. New South Wales has the most articles, but weighed against how much of each state’s press from the same decades has been digitised, the name stands out most in the Northern Territory, at 58.1 times its expected share.

Articles, by state

New South Wales 658
Western Australia 500
Queensland 474
Victoria 469
Northern Territory 325
South Australia 195
Tasmania 96
ACT (Canberra) 49

Trove, National Library of Australia (trove.nla.gov.au) · articles in its digitised newspapers that name a Mr, Mrs or Miss Fong.

Who carried it

People named Fong,
with a public archive behind them.

  • March Fong Eu
    March Fong Eu 1922–2017 · politician
  • Maylia Fong
    Maylia Fong 1925–2016 · restaurateur
  • Frances Fong
    Frances Fong 1927–2012 · actor
  • Edsel Ford Fong
    Edsel Ford Fong 1927–1984 · waiter
  • Richard Fong d. 2017 · physicist
  • Benson Fong 1916–1987 · actor

Wikidata (CC0) · portraits via Wikimedia Commons, shown cropped, in the public domain or CC0 · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.

In the public record

People named Fong,
in the records of 6 countries.

Soldiers, farmers, migrants and neighbours who carried the name and left a trace in public archives. Everyone shown here died long ago or was born more than a century ago.

United States2,130 records

2,130 records of the Fong name in the United States
  • U.S. alien registration index, 1940–1955 1,356
  • U.S. Army enlistment records, World War II 380
  • Other U.S. records 394
  1. A United States Selective Service registration card, 1942
    Example: U.S. registration card, 1942
    Military record John Fong

    Born 1909. Enlisted 1943 at New York City; laundry worker from Kings County, New York. U.S. Army veteran of World War II; died 1993, buried at Calverton National Cemetery, New York.

    U.S. National Archives, WWII Army Enlistment Records (public domain); U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0)
  2. A U.S. Army record of death and interment, Camp Nelson, Kentucky, 1864
    Example: U.S. burial record, 1864
    Burial record Robert Fong

    U.S. Army veteran of the Korean War. Born 1938, died 1994; buried at San Joaquin Valley National Cemetery, California.

    U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0)
  3. The receipt card sent under the U.S. Alien Registration Act of 1940
    Example: U.S. alien registration card, 1940s
    Alien registration Hung Fong

    Born 1855 in China. Registered as a foreign national in Fresno, California, under the Alien Registration Act of 1940.

    U.S. National Archives, Flexoline Index Data File (public domain)

Showing 3 of 2,130 records for Fong in the United States.

Counts: U.S. National Archives, Flexoline Index Data File (public domain) · U.S. National Archives, WWII Army Enlistment Records (public domain) · Sacramento County, Historic Burials (CC BY 4.0) · NYC Department of Records & Information Services, Historical Vital Records (NYC Open Data) · U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0) · New York State Department of Health, Genealogical Research Death Index · U.S. National Archives, Castle Garden Immigration Center Collection, Ship Passenger Records (unrestricted) · U.S. National Archives, Defense Casualty Analysis System (public domain). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: U.S. Selective Service registration card, 1942 (public domain); Record of death and interment, Camp Nelson, Kentucky, 1864, U.S. National Archives (public domain); Alien Registration Receipt Card, Form AR-3, photo by Bobjgalindo via Wikimedia Commons (CC BY 4.0).

Canada235 records

235 records of the Fong name in Canada
  • Mountain View Cemetery, Vancouver 109
  • City of Calgary cemetery records 40
  • Other Canadian records 86
  1. Fairview Lawn Cemetery in Halifax, Nova Scotia
    Example: Canadian cemetery
    Burial record Tom Fong

    Buried in 1958 at Fairview Lawn Cemetery, Halifax, Nova Scotia, aged 65.

    Halifax Regional Municipality. Contains information licenced under the Open Government Licence—Halifax.
  2. A page of the Berlin civil register, 1880
    Example: civil register, 1880
    Death record Sam Fong

    Died 1918 in Halifax, Nova Scotia.

    Nova Scotia Archives. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence - Nova Scotia.
  3. A Canadian First World War grave register card for a soldier who died of wounds in 1917
    Example: Canadian war grave register, 1917
    War record Jack Fong

    Died in service in 1943.

    Veterans Affairs Canada. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence - Canada.

Showing 3 of 235 records for Fong in Canada.

Counts: City of Vancouver. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Vancouver. · City of Calgary. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – City of Calgary. · Nova Scotia Archives. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence - Nova Scotia. · Halifax Regional Municipality. Contains information licenced under the Open Government Licence—Halifax. · City of Winnipeg. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Winnipeg. · Veterans Affairs Canada. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence - Canada. Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Fairview Lawn Cemetery, Halifax, photo by Edgar El (CC BY 3.0); Civil register, Berlin, 1880, Landesarchiv Berlin (CC0); Canadian First World War circumstances-of-death register (scan by Scottgraham87 via Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0).

Australia43 records

43 records of the Fong name in Australia
  • Victoria passenger lists, 1839–1923 19
  • Victoria wills and probate, deaths to 2001 15
  • Other Australian records 9
  1. A petition to the probate court of St. Louis, 1848
    Example: probate petition, 1848
    Probate record William Soosong Fong

    Company director of Armadale, Victoria; died 1963.

    Public Record Office Victoria (CC BY 4.0)
  2. A passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, arriving at New York in 1903
    Example: passenger manifest, 1903
    Passenger record Chas Fong

    Arrived in Victoria in 1920 aboard the Victoria, aged 31.

    Public Record Office Victoria (CC BY 4.0)
  3. A page of the Berlin civil register, 1880
    Example: civil register, 1880
    Death record Ah-toon Fong

    Died 1888 in Ringarooma, Tasmania, aged 19.

    Libraries Tasmania, Tasmanian Names Index (CC BY 4.0)

Showing 3 of 43 records for Fong in Australia.

Counts: Public Record Office Victoria (CC BY 4.0) · Queensland State Archives (CC BY 4.0) · Museums of History NSW – State Archives Collection (CC BY) · Libraries Tasmania, Tasmanian Names Index (CC BY 4.0). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Petition to the probate court, St. Louis, 1848, Missouri Historical Society (public domain); Passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, New York, 1903 (public domain); Civil register, Berlin, 1880, Landesarchiv Berlin (CC0).

Netherlands12 records

12 records of the Fong name in the Netherlands
  • Dutch civil registers (births, marriages, deaths) 7
  • Dutch population registers 4
  • Dutch church registers before 1811 1
  1. A page of the Berlin civil register, 1880
    Example: civil register, 1880
    Death record Tseung Fong

    Died 1965 in Rotterdam, aged 73.

    Open Archives, Stadsarchief Rotterdam (CC BY 4.0)
  2. A page of the 1910 United States census, Milwaukee
    Example: U.S. census, 1910
    Population register Wen Song Fong

    In the population register of 's-Gravenhage; born 1910 in Kwantung.

    Open Archives, Haags Gemeentearchief (CC BY 4.0)
  3. A marriage entry in the civil register of Tilburg, 1911
    Example: marriage register, 1911
    Marriage record Fems Fong

    Married in 1634 in Rotterdam.

    Open Archives, Stadsarchief Rotterdam (CC BY 4.0)

Showing 3 of 12 records for Fong in the Netherlands.

Counts: Open Archives (CC BY 4.0). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Civil register, Berlin, 1880, Landesarchiv Berlin (CC0); U.S. census of 1910, Milwaukee (public domain); Marriage register, Tilburg, 1911, Regionaal Archief Tilburg (public domain).

France11 records

11 records of the Fong name in France France's national death register, 1970–2001
  1. A page of the death register of Nice, 1930
    Example: French death register, 1930
    Death record Raymond Marcel Fong

    Born 1928 in Paris; died 1999 in Alençon (Orne).

    Insee, Fichier des personnes décédées (Licence Ouverte)
  2. A page of the death register of Nice, 1930
    Example: French death register, 1930
    Death record Ti Fong

    Born 1906 in Cambodia; died 1993 in Paris.

    Insee, Fichier des personnes décédées (Licence Ouverte)
  3. A page of the death register of Nice, 1930
    Example: French death register, 1930
    Death record Colette Fong

    Born 1933 in Levallois-Perret (Hauts-de-Seine); died 1999 in Paris.

    Insee, Fichier des personnes décédées (Licence Ouverte)

Showing 3 of 11 records for Fong in France.

Counts: Insee, Fichier des personnes décédées (Licence Ouverte). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Death register of Nice, 1930, Archives départementales des Alpes-Maritimes (public domain).

New Zealand1 record

1 record of the Fong name in New Zealand Christchurch City cemetery records
  1. A page of the burial register of Newtown, Wales, 1858
    Example: burial register, 1858
    Burial record Yeon Choon Fong

    Died 1932, aged 47; buried at Sydenham Cemetery, Christchurch, Canterbury.

    Christchurch City Council (CC BY 4.0)

Counts: Christchurch City Council (CC BY 4.0). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Burial register of Newtown, Montgomeryshire, 1858, National Library of Wales (CC0).

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