The Heng surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 3,819 people carried this name — #8,611 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 77,500 people counted. That is up 33% from 2,873 in 2000.
Where the name comes from
The origin of the Heng surname
A Chinese surname from Teochew.
From romanization of the Teochew pronunciation Hêng⁵ of Chinese 王, Mandarin Wáng.
From Wiktionary, the free dictionary (en.wiktionary.org) — entry «Heng» (English), by Wiktionary contributors · licensed CC BY-SA 4.0 (creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0) · excerpt, lightly adapted.
In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 295 people named Heng.
119 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 17 départements, most often Bas-Rhin.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere they were born
Fichier des personnes décédées, INSEE — Licence Ouverte 2.0 · deaths recorded in France since 1970, by place of birth.
In Switzerland’s population statistics
58 people named Heng live in Switzerland.
They live in 9 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
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
38 people named Heng is counted in Finland.
Finland counts its citizens, at home or abroad.
Counted, by country
Digital and Population Data Services Agency (DVV), Finland, surname statistics, August 2026 — CC BY 4.0.
In print
Heng in American newspapers,
1898–1924.
Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 15,752 pages in all carry the name.
Who carried it
People named Heng,
with a public archive behind them.
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Helen Heng 1932–2018 · badminton player -
Heng Samrin 1934– · military personnel -
Ivan Heng 1963– · actor -
Cheng Heng 1916–1996 · politician
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Bey Heng 1925–2019 · architect
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J. S. Heng 1934– · badminton player
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 25 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Heng.
- Henault 913 · U.S. census
- Henck 306 · U.S. census
- Henderson 218,393 · U.S. census
- Hendrick 7,988 · U.S. census
- Hendrickx 300 · U.S. census
- Hendriks 671 · U.S. census
- Hengel 588 · U.S. census
- Henger 153 · U.S. census
- Hengy 154 · U.S. census
- Henin 177 · U.S. census
- Henn 3,743 · U.S. census
- Hennard 155 · U.S. census
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