The Hong surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 31,670 people carried this name — #1,106 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 9,310 people counted. That is up 32% from 24,017 in 2000.
Where the name comes from
The origin of the Hong surname
Borrowed from Mandarin 洪 (Hóng) or Taishanese 湯 /汤 (hong¹).
From Wiktionary, the free dictionary (en.wiktionary.org) — entry «Hong» (English), by Wiktionary contributors · licensed CC BY-SA 4.0 (creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0) · excerpt, lightly adapted.
In Argentina’s national register
At least 377 people named Hong 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 City of Buenos Aires.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere they live today
RENAPER (National Registry of Persons, Argentina), surnames of residents by province, December 2021 — CC BY 4.0.
In Switzerland’s population statistics
132 people named Hong live in Switzerland.
They live in 11 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 France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 120 people named Hong.
Most of them — 108 — were born outside France. Those born in France came from 6 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
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 43 people named Hong 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 Flemish Brabant.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they live today
Statbel (Statistics Belgium), family names of the population by municipality, 1 January 2026 — CC BY 4.0.
In the Nordic population registers
221 people named Hong are counted in Sweden and Finland.
Sweden’s figure is from 31 December 2022, the last count Statistics Sweden published. Finland counts its citizens, at home or abroad.
Counted, by country
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) · Digital and Population Data Services Agency (DVV), Finland, surname statistics, August 2026 — CC BY 4.0.
In print
Hong in American newspapers,
1870–1962.
Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 337,600 pages in all carry the name.
Who carried it
People named Hong,
with a public archive behind them.
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Hong Bong-han 1713–1778 · politician -
Hong Nak-seong 1718–1798 · civilian official -
Hong Dae-yong 1731–1783 · philosopher -
Hong Jong-u 1850–1913 · politician -
Hong Yeong-sik 1856–1884 · philosopher
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 182 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Hong.
When the index is not enough
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