The Gong surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 6,079 people carried this name — #5,702 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 48,500 people counted. That is up 22% from 4,967 in 2000.

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In Switzerland’s population statistics

68 people named Gong live in Switzerland.

They live in 7 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 25
Vaud 14
Geneva 12
Fribourg 6
Aargau 5
Basel-Stadt 3
Schwyz 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 Argentina’s national register

At least 34 people named Gong live in Argentina.

RENAPER only publishes a name in a province when more than ten people there share it, so the real number is higher. Most of them live in Buenos Aires Province.

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

Where they live today

Buenos Aires Province 20
City of Buenos Aires 14

RENAPER (National Registry of Persons, Argentina), surnames of residents by province, December 2021 — CC BY 4.0.

In the Nordic population registers

102 people named Gong is counted in Sweden.

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

Counted, by country

Sweden (2022) 102

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

Gong in American newspapers,
1915–1920.

Newspaper page from Great Falls Daily Tribune carrying the name Gong
Great Falls Daily Tribune 1920-10-07
Newspaper page from The Birmingham Age-herald carrying the name Gong
The Birmingham Age-herald 1920-03-11
Newspaper page from The Richmond Virginian carrying the name Gong
The Richmond Virginian 1915-12-17

Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 99 pages in all carry the name.

In print

Gong in Australian newspapers,
1840s–1980s.

1,833 articles name a Mr, Mrs or Miss Gong. The most, 454, date from the 1950s. 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 16.4 times its expected share.

Articles, by state

New South Wales 847
Victoria 350
Queensland 308
ACT (Canberra) 84
South Australia 73
Northern Territory 63
Western Australia 48
Tasmania 43

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

Who carried it

People named Gong,
with a public archive behind them.

  • Gong Quanan d. 1449 · politician
  • Gong Chengshu d. 971 · eunuch
  • Gong Wanlu d. 1622 · military commander
  • Empress Dowager Gong d. 562
  • Gong Shenyi d. 976
  • Gong Ji d. 1279

Wikidata (CC0) · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.

In the public record

People named Gong,
in the records of 4 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 States354 records

354 records of the Gong name in the United States
  • U.S. alien registration index, 1940–1955 207
  • U.S. Army enlistment records, World War II 66
  • New York City birth, marriage and death certificates 56
  • Passenger arrivals in the United States, 1820–1912 8
  • U.S. veterans' cemetery records, burials to 2001 8
  • Sacramento County historic burials 7
  • New York State death index (outside NYC), 1957–2001 2
  1. A United States Selective Service registration card, 1942
    Example: U.S. registration card, 1942
    Military record Joe Gong

    Born 1908. Enlisted 1942 at Presidio of Monterey, California; cook from Marin County. U.S. Army veteran of World War II; died 1989, buried at Riverside 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 August Gong

    Arrived at New York in 1864 aboard the E.w. Stetson from London, aged 31; baker. From Germany.

    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 June Quai Gong

    Born 1920 in China. Entered the United States at San Francisco in 1947. Listed in the U.S. alien registration index, 1940–1955.

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

Showing 3 of 354 records for Gong 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) · NYC Department of Records & Information Services, Historical Vital Records (NYC Open Data) · U.S. National Archives, Castle Garden Immigration Center Collection, Ship Passenger Records (unrestricted) · 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).

Australia25 records

25 records of the Gong name in Australia
  • Victoria passenger lists, 1839–1923 18
  • Queensland State Archives indexes 5
  • Victoria wills and probate, deaths to 2001 1
  • State Library of Western Australia indexes 1
  1. A petition to the probate court of St. Louis, 1848
    Example: probate petition, 1848
    Probate record Khoo Boo Gong

    Gentleman of Malaya, Victoria; died 1975.

    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 Archibold Gong

    Arrived in Victoria in 1913 aboard the Scharnhorst, aged 35.

    Public Record Office Victoria (CC BY 4.0)
  3. A page of the Berlin civil register, 1880
    Example: civil register, 1880
    Biographical index Rena Gong

    Died 1967; obituary published in Western Australia.

    State Library of Western Australia (CC BY 4.0)

Showing 3 of 25 records for Gong in Australia.

Counts: Public Record Office Victoria (CC BY 4.0) · Queensland State Archives (CC BY 4.0) · State Library of Western Australia (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).

Canada11 records

11 records of the Gong name in Canada
  • Mountain View Cemetery, Vancouver 10
  • Nova Scotia Archives name indexes 1
  1. Fairview Lawn Cemetery in Halifax, Nova Scotia
    Example: Canadian cemetery
    Burial record Jack Quon Gong

    Died 1968; buried at Mountain View Cemetery, Vancouver, British Columbia.

    City of Vancouver. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Vancouver.
  2. A page of the Berlin civil register, 1880
    Example: civil register, 1880
    Death record Ung Long Gong

    Died 1918 in Halifax, Nova Scotia.

    Nova Scotia Archives. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence - Nova Scotia.
  3. Fairview Lawn Cemetery in Halifax, Nova Scotia
    Example: Canadian cemetery
    Burial record Lew Gong

    Died 1922; buried at Mountain View Cemetery, Vancouver, British Columbia.

    City of Vancouver. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Vancouver.

Showing 3 of 11 records for Gong in Canada.

Counts: City of Vancouver. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Vancouver. · 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).

Netherlands1 record

1 record of the Gong name in the Netherlands Dutch church registers before 1811
  1. A page of the Berlin civil register, 1880
    Example: civil register, 1880
    Civil record Berbara Gong

    Baptised in 1741 in 's-Hertogenbosch.

    Open Archives, Brabants Historisch Informatie Centrum (CC BY 4.0)

Counts: Open Archives (CC BY 4.0). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Civil register, Berlin, 1880, Landesarchiv Berlin (CC0).

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