The Hung surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 7,137 people carried this name — #4,932 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 41,300 people counted. That is up 16% from 6,173 in 2000.

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Where the name comes from

The origin of the Hung surname

From Mandarin or Cantonese 洪 (Mandarin: Hóng, Cantonese: hung⁴) or Cantonese 孔 (hung²).

From Wiktionary, the free dictionary (en.wiktionary.org) — entry «Hung» (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 145 people named Hung 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.

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

Where they live today

City of Buenos Aires 105
Buenos Aires Province 40

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

In Switzerland’s population statistics

62 people named Hung live in Switzerland.

They live in 6 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 22
Aargau 20
Vaud 7
Geneva 5
Schwyz 5
Bern 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 36 people named Hung.

11 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 4 départements, most often Vosges.

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

Where they were born

Born outside France 11
Vosges 16
Bas-Rhin 7
Doubs 1
French Polynesia 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

51 people named Hung is counted in Sweden.

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

Counted, by country

Sweden (2022) 51

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

Hung in American newspapers,
1897–1928.

Newspaper page from New Britain Herald carrying the name Hung
New Britain Herald 1928-11-24
Newspaper page from The Sun carrying the name Hung
The Sun 1897-09-02
Newspaper page from The Greeley Tribune carrying the name Hung
The Greeley Tribune 1905-02-23

Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 229 pages in all carry the name.

In print

Hung in Australian newspapers,
1840s–2010s.

4,386 articles name a Mr, Mrs or Miss Hung. The most, 737, date from the 1910s. 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 Australian Capital Territory, at 1.3 times its expected share.

Articles, by state

New South Wales 1,585
Victoria 942
Queensland 637
South Australia 512
Western Australia 336
Tasmania 186
ACT (Canberra) 113
Northern Territory 8

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

In the public record

People named Hung,
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 States336 records

336 records of the Hung name in the United States
  • U.S. alien registration index, 1940–1955 203
  • Passenger arrivals in the United States, 1820–1912 50
  • New York City birth, marriage and death certificates 34
  • U.S. Army enlistment records, World War II 25
  • New York State death index (outside NYC), 1957–2001 11
  • U.S. veterans' cemetery records, burials to 2001 6
  • Irish Famine arrivals at New York, 1846–1851 3
  • Sacramento County historic burials 3
  • U.S. service members who died in the Korean War 1
  1. Names engraved on the Vietnam Veterans Memorial, Washington, D.C.
    Example: U.S. war memorial
    War record Herbert D. T. Hung

    Born 1930; from Hawaii. U.S. Army, light weapons infantryman; killed in action 1951 in North Korea. Buried at National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific, Honolulu, Hawaii.

    U.S. National Archives, Defense Casualty Analysis System (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 Afra Hung

    Arrived at New York in 1868 aboard the William Penn from Havre and London, aged 33; laborer. From Bavaria, Germany; bound for New York.

    U.S. National Archives, Castle Garden Immigration Center Collection, Ship Passenger Records (unrestricted)
  3. A United States Selective Service registration card, 1942
    Example: U.S. registration card, 1942
    Military record Ah G. Hung

    Born 1918. Enlisted 1944 at Presidio of Monterey, California; waiter from San Francisco County.

    U.S. National Archives, WWII Army Enlistment Records (public domain)

Showing 3 of 336 records for Hung 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) · New York State Department of Health, Genealogical Research Death Index · U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0) · U.S. National Archives, Famine Irish Passenger Records (public domain) · Sacramento County, Historic Burials (CC BY 4.0) · U.S. National Archives, Defense Casualty Analysis System (public domain). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Vietnam Veterans Memorial, photo by U.S. Army Sgt. 1st Class Michael J. Carden, 2009 (public domain); Passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, New York, 1903 (public domain); U.S. Selective Service registration card, 1942 (public domain).

Australia44 records

44 records of the Hung name in Australia
  • Queensland State Archives indexes 20
  • Tasmanian Names Index 13
  • Victoria passenger lists, 1839–1923 8
  • Victoria wills and probate, deaths to 2001 3
  1. A page of the Berlin civil register, 1880
    Example: civil register, 1880
    Civil record Henry Lee Hung

    Naturalised in Tasmania in 1886; miner of Gladstone, born in Canton, China.

    Libraries Tasmania, Tasmanian Names Index (CC BY 4.0)
  2. A petition to the probate court of St. Louis, 1848
    Example: probate petition, 1848
    Probate record Li Kwai Hung

    Gentleman of Carnegie, Victoria; died 1992.

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

    Arrived in Victoria in 1879 aboard the Cyphrenes, aged 23.

    Public Record Office Victoria (CC BY 4.0)

Showing 3 of 44 records for Hung in Australia.

Counts: Queensland State Archives (CC BY 4.0) · Libraries Tasmania, Tasmanian Names Index (CC BY 4.0) · Public Record Office Victoria (CC BY 4.0). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Civil register, Berlin, 1880, Landesarchiv Berlin (CC0); 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).

Canada20 records

20 records of the Hung name in Canada
  • Mountain View Cemetery, Vancouver 11
  • City of Calgary cemetery records 6
  • City of Winnipeg cemetery records 2
  • Nova Scotia Archives name indexes 1
  1. Fairview Lawn Cemetery in Halifax, Nova Scotia
    Example: Canadian cemetery
    Burial record Anna Yuk-Wah Hung

    Buried in 1998 at Queen's Park Cemetery, Calgary, Alberta, aged 73.

    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 Tu Hung

    Died 1989, aged 52; 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 Ng Hung

    Died 1941 in Halifax, Nova Scotia.

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

Showing 3 of 20 records for Hung 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. · 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).

France9 records

9 records of the Hung 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 Shu Muk Hung

    Born 1933 in Cambodia; died 1990 in Metz (Moselle).

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

    Born 1963 in Tapei (Chine Nationaliste); died 1997 in Mont-de-Marsan (Landes).

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

    Born 1903 in Saint-Dié; died 1991 in Moussey (Vosges).

    Insee, Fichier des personnes décédées (Licence Ouverte)

Showing 3 of 9 records for Hung 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).

Netherlands4 records

4 records of the Hung name in the Netherlands
  • Dutch civil registers (births, marriages, deaths) 3
  • Dutch population registers 1
  1. A page of the Berlin civil register, 1880
    Example: civil register, 1880
    Death record Anna Maria Hüng

    Died 1954 in Oldenzaal, aged 83; nun.

    Open Archives, Collectie Overijssel locatie Zwolle (CC BY 4.0)
  2. A page of the Berlin civil register, 1880
    Example: civil register, 1880
    Death record Yip-kau Hung

    Died 1963 in Alkmaar, aged 28.

    Open Archives, Regionaal Archief Alkmaar (CC BY 4.0)
  3. A page of the 1910 United States census, Milwaukee
    Example: U.S. census, 1910
    Population register Johannes Franciscus Hung

    In the population register of Helmond; born 1860 in Helmond.

    Open Archives, Regionaal Historisch Centrum Eindhoven (CC BY 4.0)

Showing 3 of 4 records for Hung 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).

Germany1 record

1 record of the Hung 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 Josef Hung

    From Klein Helmsdorf, Schönau. Reported wounded in the Prussian casualty list of 23 September 1916 (Landwehr Infantry Regiment No. 77).

    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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