The Fung surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 8,837 people carried this name — #4,024 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 33,300 people counted. That is up 18% from 7,518 in 2000.

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Where the name comes from

The origin of the Fung surname

A surname from Cantonese or Hakka.

From Cantonese 馮／冯 (fung⁴) or Hakka 洪 (Fùng).

From Wiktionary, the free dictionary (en.wiktionary.org) — entry «Fung» (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

44 people named Fung live in Switzerland.

They live in 4 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 17
Zurich 12
Geneva 8
Bern 7

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 the Nordic population registers

39 people named Fung is counted in Sweden.

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

Counted, by country

Sweden (2022) 39

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

Fung in American newspapers,
1890–1909.

Newspaper page from The Anaconda Standard carrying the name Fung
The Anaconda Standard 1890-07-11
Newspaper page from Goodwin's Weekly : A Thinking Paper For Thinking People carrying the name Fung
Goodwin's Weekly : A Thinking Paper For Thinking People 1909-05-29
Newspaper page from Goodwin's Weekly : A Thinking Paper For Thinking People carrying the name Fung
Goodwin's Weekly : A Thinking Paper For Thinking People 1909-05-29

Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 40,066 pages in all carry the name.

In print

Fung in Australian newspapers,
1860s–1990s.

418 articles name a Mr, Mrs or Miss Fung. The most, 55, date from the 1930s.

Articles, by state

New South Wales 110
Victoria 105
Queensland 82
Western Australia 28
South Australia 25
ACT (Canberra) 21
Tasmania 10
Northern Territory 8

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

Who carried it

People named Fung,
with a public archive behind them.

  • Rosa Fung Pineda
    Rosa Fung Pineda 1932–2026 · university teacher
  • Kenneth Fung 1911–2002 · banker
  • Eddie Fung 1922–
  • Paul Fung, Jr. 1923–2016 · comics artist
  • Fung Wong Nui 1925–1992 · 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 Fung,
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 States468 records

468 records of the Fung name in the United States
  • U.S. alien registration index, 1940–1955 253
  • Passenger arrivals in the United States, 1820–1912 81
  • New York City birth, marriage and death certificates 67
  • U.S. Army enlistment records, World War II 44
  • U.S. veterans' cemetery records, burials to 2001 13
  • Sacramento County historic burials 7
  • New York State death index (outside NYC), 1957–2001 3
  1. A United States Selective Service registration card, 1942
    Example: U.S. registration card, 1942
    Military record Otto E. Fung

    Born 1919 in Washington. Enlisted 1941 at Camp McQuaide, California; driver. U.S. Army veteran of World War II; died 2001, buried at San Joaquin Valley National Cemetery, California.

    U.S. National Archives, WWII Army Enlistment Records (public domain); U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0)
  2. A passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, arriving at New York in 1903
    Example: passenger manifest, 1903
    Passenger record Martina Fung

    Arrived at New York in 1891 aboard the La Gascogne from Havre, aged 28; farmer. From Switzerland; bound for New York.

    U.S. National Archives, Castle Garden Immigration Center Collection, Ship Passenger Records (unrestricted)
  3. The receipt card sent under the U.S. Alien Registration Act of 1940
    Example: U.S. alien registration card, 1940s
    Alien registration Doris Y. Fung

    Born 1923 in Norway. Registered as a foreign national in San Francisco, California, under the Alien Registration Act of 1940.

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

Showing 3 of 468 records for Fung in the United States.

Counts: U.S. National Archives, Flexoline Index Data File (public domain) · U.S. National Archives, Castle Garden Immigration Center Collection, Ship Passenger Records (unrestricted) · NYC Department of Records & Information Services, Historical Vital Records (NYC Open Data) · U.S. National Archives, WWII Army Enlistment Records (public domain) · U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0) · Sacramento County, Historic Burials (CC BY 4.0) · New York State Department of Health, Genealogical Research Death Index. Example pages, not the records of the people shown: U.S. Selective Service registration card, 1942 (public domain); Passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, New York, 1903 (public domain); Alien Registration Receipt Card, Form AR-3, photo by Bobjgalindo via Wikimedia Commons (CC BY 4.0).

Canada45 records

45 records of the Fung name in Canada
  • Mountain View Cemetery, Vancouver 30
  • City of Calgary cemetery records 11
  • City of Winnipeg cemetery records 2
  • City of Niagara Falls (Ontario) cemetery records 1
  • Nova Scotia Archives name indexes 1
  1. Fairview Lawn Cemetery in Halifax, Nova Scotia
    Example: Canadian cemetery
    Burial record Key Man Fung

    Buried in 1984 at Queen's Park Cemetery, Calgary, Alberta, aged 70.

    City of Calgary. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – City of Calgary.
  2. Fairview Lawn Cemetery in Halifax, Nova Scotia
    Example: Canadian cemetery
    Burial record Nam Fung

    Died 1992, aged 70; buried at Brookside Cemetery, Winnipeg, Manitoba.

    City of Winnipeg. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Winnipeg.
  3. A page of the Berlin civil register, 1880
    Example: civil register, 1880
    Death record Chia Li Fung

    Died 1918 in Halifax, Nova Scotia.

    Nova Scotia Archives. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence - Nova Scotia.

Showing 3 of 45 records for Fung 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. · City of Winnipeg. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Winnipeg. · City of Niagara Falls. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Niagara Falls. · Nova Scotia Archives. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence - Nova Scotia. 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).

Australia10 records

10 records of the Fung name in Australia
  • Victoria wills and probate, deaths to 2001 6
  • Queensland State Archives indexes 2
  • Canberra cemetery and marriage records 1
  • NSW convict, estate and railway indexes 1
  1. A petition to the probate court of St. Louis, 1848
    Example: probate petition, 1848
    Probate record She Fung

    Seaman of Mont Park, Victoria; died 1944.

    Public Record Office Victoria (CC BY 4.0)
  2. A page of the Berlin civil register, 1880
    Example: civil register, 1880
    Civil record Wong Fung

    Naturalised in Queensland in 1881.

    Queensland State Archives (CC BY 4.0)
  3. A page of the burial register of Newtown, Wales, 1858
    Example: burial register, 1858
    Burial record Hing Fung

    Died 1992; buried at Gungahlin Cemetery, Canberra, ACT.

    ACT Government, Transport Canberra and City Services (CC BY 4.0)

Showing 3 of 10 records for Fung in Australia.

Counts: Public Record Office Victoria (CC BY 4.0) · Queensland State Archives (CC BY 4.0) · ACT Government, Transport Canberra and City Services (CC BY 4.0) · Museums of History NSW – State Archives Collection (CC BY). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Petition to the probate court, St. Louis, 1848, Missouri Historical Society (public domain); Civil register, Berlin, 1880, Landesarchiv Berlin (CC0); Burial register of Newtown, Montgomeryshire, 1858, National Library of Wales (CC0).

France3 records

3 records of the Fung 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 Han-Kao Fung

    Born 1911 in China; died 1992 in Épron (Calvados).

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

    Born 1941 in Cambodia; died 1998 in Bondy (Seine-Saint-Denis).

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

    Born 1919 in China; died 1998 in Lagny-sur-Marne (Seine-et-Marne).

    Insee, Fichier des personnes décédées (Licence Ouverte)

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).

Netherlands1 record

1 record of the Fung name in the Netherlands Dutch population registers
  1. A page of the 1910 United States census, Milwaukee
    Example: U.S. census, 1910
    Population register William Fung

    In a population register.

    Open Archives, Stadsarchief Rotterdam (CC BY 4.0)

Counts: Open Archives (CC BY 4.0). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: U.S. census of 1910, Milwaukee (public domain).

Germany1 record

1 record of the Fung name in Germany Germany's First World War casualty lists, 1914–1919
  1. A page of the German First World War casualty lists, 18 April 1918
    Example: German casualty list, 1918
    Casualty list Valentin Fung

    From Bischofstein, Rössel. Reported wounded in the Prussian casualty list of 30 October 1916.

    Verein für Computergenealogie e.V. (2026). Deutsche Verlustlisten des Ersten Weltkriegs – Datensammlung (Version 1.0), DOI 10.5281/zenodo.18330751 (CC0)

Counts: Verein für Computergenealogie e.V. (2026). Deutsche Verlustlisten des Ersten Weltkriegs – Datensammlung (Version 1.0), DOI 10.5281/zenodo.18330751 (CC0). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Deutsche Verlustlisten, Prussian list 1116, 18 April 1918 (scan via Wikimedia Commons, CC BY 3.0).

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