The Kwong surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 5,637 people carried this name — #6,084 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 52,400 people counted. That is up 12% from 5,037 in 2000.

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Where the name comes from

The origin of the Kwong surname

Borrowed from Cantonese 鄺／邝 (kwong3).

From Wiktionary, the free dictionary (en.wiktionary.org) — entry «Kwong» (English), by Wiktionary contributors · licensed CC BY-SA 4.0 (creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0) · excerpt, lightly adapted.

In print

Kwong in American newspapers,
1902–1917.

Newspaper page from El Paso Herald carrying the name Kwong
El Paso Herald 1917-06-09
Newspaper page from The Sun carrying the name Kwong
The Sun 1902-11-23

Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 10,127 pages in all carry the name.

In print

Kwong in Australian newspapers,
1870s–1990s.

593 articles name a Mr, Mrs or Miss Kwong. The most, 162, date from the 1920s. Queensland 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 31.9 times its expected share.

Articles, by state

Queensland 249
New South Wales 133
Victoria 75
Western Australia 32
Northern Territory 31
South Australia 16
ACT (Canberra) 13
Tasmania 12

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

Who carried it

People named Kwong,
with a public archive behind them.

  • Kuang Lu
    Kuang Lu 1604–1650 · politician
  • Kuang Yueguang d. 1641 · politician
  • Kuang Zifu d. 1430
  • Kuang Ye 1385–1449 · politician
  • Kuang Wen 1437–
  • Kuang Yi 1442– · politician

Wikidata (CC0) · portraits via Wikimedia Commons, shown cropped, in the public domain or CC0 · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.

In the public record

People named Kwong,
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 States268 records

268 records of the Kwong name in the United States
  • U.S. alien registration index, 1940–1955 222
  • U.S. Army enlistment records, World War II 24
  • New York City birth, marriage and death certificates 17
  • Sacramento County historic burials 3
  • New York State death index (outside NYC), 1957–2001 1
  • U.S. veterans' cemetery records, burials to 2001 1
  1. A United States Selective Service registration card, 1942
    Example: U.S. registration card, 1942
    Military record Jow H. Kwong

    Born 1914. Enlisted 1941 at Sacramento, California; waiter from San Joaquin County. U.S. Army veteran of World War II; died 1989, buried at Golden Gate National Cemetery, California.

    U.S. National Archives, WWII Army Enlistment Records (public domain); U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0)
  2. The receipt card sent under the U.S. Alien Registration Act of 1940
    Example: U.S. alien registration card, 1940s
    Alien registration Yee C. Kwong

    Born 1907 in China. Registered as a foreign national in Detroit, Michigan, under the Alien Registration Act of 1940.

    U.S. National Archives, Flexoline Index Data File (public domain)
  3. A U.S. Army record of death and interment, Camp Nelson, Kentucky, 1864
    Example: U.S. burial record, 1864
    Burial record Chan Kwong

    Died 1925, aged 83; buried at Sacramento County, California.

    Sacramento County, Historic Burials (CC BY 4.0)

Showing 3 of 268 records for Kwong 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) · Sacramento County, Historic Burials (CC BY 4.0) · New York State Department of Health, Genealogical Research Death Index · U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: U.S. Selective Service registration card, 1942 (public domain); Alien Registration Receipt Card, Form AR-3, photo by Bobjgalindo via Wikimedia Commons (CC BY 4.0); Record of death and interment, Camp Nelson, Kentucky, 1864, U.S. National Archives (public domain).

Canada70 records

70 records of the Kwong name in Canada
  • City of Calgary cemetery records 36
  • Mountain View Cemetery, Vancouver 24
  • City of Winnipeg cemetery records 5
  • Nova Scotia Archives name indexes 4
  • Halifax municipal cemeteries 1
  1. Fairview Lawn Cemetery in Halifax, Nova Scotia
    Example: Canadian cemetery
    Burial record Wong Kwong

    Died 1978, aged 62; buried at Brookside Cemetery, Winnipeg, Manitoba.

    City of Winnipeg. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Winnipeg.
  2. Fairview Lawn Cemetery in Halifax, Nova Scotia
    Example: Canadian cemetery
    Burial record Dorothy Kwong

    Buried in 1992 at Queen's Park Cemetery, Calgary, Alberta, aged 65.

    City of Calgary. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – City of Calgary.
  3. A page of the Berlin civil register, 1880
    Example: civil register, 1880
    Death record Allen Kwong

    Died 1948 in Kentville, Kings, Nova Scotia.

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

Showing 3 of 70 records for Kwong in Canada.

Counts: City of Calgary. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – City of Calgary. · City of Vancouver. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Vancouver. · 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. · Halifax Regional Municipality. Contains information licenced under the Open Government Licence—Halifax. 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).

Australia9 records

9 records of the Kwong name in Australia
  • Victoria passenger lists, 1839–1923 4
  • Victoria wills and probate, deaths to 2001 4
  • NSW convict, estate and railway indexes 1
  1. A petition to the probate court of St. Louis, 1848
    Example: probate petition, 1848
    Probate record Harry Kwong

    Cafe proprietor of Thornbury, Victoria; died 1961.

    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 George Kwong

    Sailed from Victoria in 1903 aboard the Paroo, bound for Adelaide, aged 30.

    Public Record Office Victoria (CC BY 4.0)
  3. A page of the Berlin civil register, 1880
    Example: civil register, 1880
    Death record Sam Kwong

    Of Sydney, New South Wales; died 1930.

    Museums of History NSW – State Archives Collection (CC BY)

Showing 3 of 9 records for Kwong in Australia.

Counts: Public Record Office Victoria (CC BY 4.0) · Museums of History NSW – State Archives Collection (CC BY). 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).

France3 records

3 records of the Kwong 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 Jean Kwong

    Born 1916 in China; died 1997 in Saint-Denis (La Réunion).

    Insee, Fichier des personnes décédées (Licence Ouverte)
  2. A page of the death register of Nice, 1930
    Example: French death register, 1930
    Death record Hing Foon Kwong

    Born 1944 in A Hong Kong (Hong Kong); died 1990 in Paris.

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

    Born 1902 in China; died 1997 in Draveil (Essonne).

    Insee, Fichier des personnes décédées (Licence Ouverte)

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).

New Zealand2 records

2 records of the Kwong name in New Zealand Christchurch City cemetery records
  1. A page of the burial register of Newtown, Wales, 1858
    Example: burial register, 1858
    Burial record Yu Mei Lin Kwong

    Died 1994, aged 63; buried at Memorial Park Cemetery, Christchurch, Canterbury.

    Christchurch City Council (CC BY 4.0)
  2. A page of the burial register of Newtown, Wales, 1858
    Example: burial register, 1858
    Burial record Choi Kam Chu Kwong

    Died 1998, aged 91; buried at Avonhead Memorial Cemetery, Christchurch, Canterbury.

    Christchurch City Council (CC BY 4.0)

Counts: Christchurch City Council (CC BY 4.0). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Burial register of Newtown, Montgomeryshire, 1858, National Library of Wales (CC0).

Netherlands2 records

2 records of the Kwong name in the Netherlands Dutch civil registers (births, marriages, deaths)
  1. A page of the Berlin civil register, 1880
    Example: civil register, 1880
    Death record Tsjiong Kwong

    Died 1922 in Schiedam; born in Hongkong.

    Open Archives, Gemeentearchief Schiedam (CC BY 4.0)

Showing 1 of 2 records for Kwong 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).

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