Kong surname: U.S. census count, rank and records | FamilyCrests

The Kong surname

In the 2000 U.S. Census, 11,040 people carried this name — #3,005 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 24,400 people counted.

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In Switzerland’s population statistics

201 people named Kong live in Switzerland.

They live in 13 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Zurich.

Where it concentrates, on the map

Where they live today

Zurich 91
Vaud 24
Geneva 23
Bern 18
Basel-Landschaft 11
Schaffhausen 6
Aargau 5
Basel-Stadt 5

Swiss Federal Statistical Office (FSO), «Surnames of the permanent resident population by canton», 2025, opendata.swiss · names with fewer than 3 bearers in a canton are not published.

In France’s civil register

France’s register of deaths holds 142 people named Kong.

Most of them — 97 — were born outside France. Those born in France came from 15 départements, most often French Polynesia.

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

Where they were born

Born outside France 97
French Polynesia 9
Lot-et-Garonne 8
French Guiana 6
Seine-Maritime 6
Saône-et-Loire 4
Paris 2
Haut-Rhin 1
Doubs 1

Fichier des personnes décédées, INSEE — Licence Ouverte 2.0 · deaths recorded in France since 1970, by place of birth.

When the index is not enough

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