The Leong surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 9,094 people carried this name — #3,902 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 32,500 people counted. That is up 14% from 7,967 in 2000.

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Where the name comes from

The origin of the Leong surname

A Chinese surname from Cantonese.

Borrowed from Cantonese 梁 (loeng⁴).

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

In Switzerland’s population statistics

39 people named Leong live in Switzerland.

They live in 8 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Bern.

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

Where they live today

Bern 8
Geneva 8
Zurich 6
Vaud 4
Zug 4
Basel-Stadt 3
St. Gallen 3
Valais 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 the Nordic population registers

78 people named Leong is counted in Sweden.

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

Counted, by country

Sweden (2022) 78

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

Leong in American newspapers,
1887–1919.

Newspaper page from The Courier-journal carrying the name Leong
The Courier-journal 1906-04-15
Newspaper page from The Sun carrying the name Leong
The Sun 1919-08-10
Newspaper page from The Morning News carrying the name Leong
The Morning News 1887-09-03

Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 13,197 pages in all carry the name.

In print

Leong in Australian newspapers,
1860s–2000s.

1,155 articles name a Mr, Mrs or Miss Leong. The most, 214, date from the 1950s. 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 Queensland, at 1.3 times its expected share.

Articles, by state

New South Wales 358
Queensland 302
Victoria 242
Western Australia 72
ACT (Canberra) 47
South Australia 36
Tasmania 13

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

Who carried it

People named Leong,
with a public archive behind them.

  • James B. Leong
    James B. Leong 1889–1967 · screenwriter
  • James B. Leong
    James B. Leong 1889–1967 · screenwriter
  • Arthur Leong 1931–2023 · association football player

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 Leong,
in the records of 5 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 States886 records

886 records of the Leong name in the United States
  • U.S. alien registration index, 1940–1955 520
  • U.S. Army enlistment records, World War II 196
  • New York City birth, marriage and death certificates 89
  • U.S. veterans' cemetery records, burials to 2001 65
  • New York State death index (outside NYC), 1957–2001 10
  • Sacramento County historic burials 5
  • Passenger arrivals in the United States, 1820–1912 1
  1. A United States Selective Service registration card, 1942
    Example: U.S. registration card, 1942
    Military record Henry R. Leong

    Born 1921 in California. Enlisted 1942 at San Francisco; pattern maker. U.S. Army Air Forces veteran of World War II; died 1990, 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. A passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, arriving at New York in 1903
    Example: passenger manifest, 1903
    Passenger record Jane Leong

    Arrived at Philadelphia in 1849 aboard the Euphrates from Londonderry, aged 32. From Ireland.

    U.S. National Archives, Castle Garden Immigration Center Collection, Ship Passenger Records (unrestricted)
  3. A U.S. Army record of death and interment, Camp Nelson, Kentucky, 1864
    Example: U.S. burial record, 1864
    Burial record Richmond K. S. Leong

    U.S. Army veteran of the Vietnam War. Born 1943, died 1995; buried at National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific, Honolulu, Hawaii.

    U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0)

Showing 3 of 886 records for Leong 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) · U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0) · New York State Department of Health, Genealogical Research Death Index · Sacramento County, Historic Burials (CC BY 4.0) · U.S. National Archives, Castle Garden Immigration Center Collection, Ship Passenger Records (unrestricted). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: U.S. Selective Service registration card, 1942 (public domain); Passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, New York, 1903 (public domain); Record of death and interment, Camp Nelson, Kentucky, 1864, U.S. National Archives (public domain).

Canada193 records

193 records of the Leong name in Canada
  • Mountain View Cemetery, Vancouver 97
  • City of Calgary cemetery records 91
  • City of Winnipeg cemetery records 4
  • Nova Scotia Archives name indexes 1
  1. Fairview Lawn Cemetery in Halifax, Nova Scotia
    Example: Canadian cemetery
    Burial record Ngan Sau Leong

    Buried in 2000 at Queen's Park Cemetery, Calgary, Alberta, aged 67.

    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 Chung Quan Leong

    Died 1987, aged 59; 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 Peter Leong

    Died 1954 in Sydney, Cape Breton, Nova Scotia.

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

Showing 3 of 193 records for Leong 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).

Australia24 records

24 records of the Leong name in Australia
  • Victoria wills and probate, deaths to 2001 14
  • Victoria passenger lists, 1839–1923 5
  • Queensland State Archives indexes 3
  • Tasmanian Names Index 1
  • State Library of Western Australia indexes 1
  1. A petition to the probate court of St. Louis, 1848
    Example: probate petition, 1848
    Probate record Shui Pak Leong

    Gentleman of Frankston, Victoria; died 1992.

    Public Record Office Victoria (CC BY 4.0)
  2. A page of the Berlin civil register, 1880
    Example: civil register, 1880
    Civil record David Leong

    Naturalised in Queensland in 1861.

    Queensland State Archives (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 Willi Leong

    Sailed from Victoria in 1910 aboard the Gneisenau, bound for Sydney, aged 27.

    Public Record Office Victoria (CC BY 4.0)

Showing 3 of 24 records for Leong in Australia.

Counts: Public Record Office Victoria (CC BY 4.0) · Queensland State Archives (CC BY 4.0) · Libraries Tasmania, Tasmanian Names Index (CC BY 4.0) · State Library of Western Australia (CC BY 4.0). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Petition to the probate court, St. Louis, 1848, Missouri Historical Society (public domain); Civil register, Berlin, 1880, Landesarchiv Berlin (CC0); Passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, New York, 1903 (public domain).

Netherlands8 records

8 records of the Leong name in the Netherlands
  • Dutch civil registers (births, marriages, deaths) 6
  • Dutch population registers 2
  1. A page of the Berlin civil register, 1880
    Example: civil register, 1880
    Death record Kui Leong

    Died 1958 in Rotterdam, aged 60.

    Open Archives, Stadsarchief Rotterdam (CC BY 4.0)
  2. A page of the Berlin civil register, 1880
    Example: civil register, 1880
    Death record King Ngau Leong

    Died 1958 in Rotterdam, aged 52.

    Open Archives, Stadsarchief Rotterdam (CC BY 4.0)
  3. A page of the 1910 United States census, Milwaukee
    Example: U.S. census, 1910
    Population register Hop Leong

    In a population register; born 1869.

    Open Archives, Stadsarchief Rotterdam (CC BY 4.0)

Showing 3 of 8 records for Leong 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).

France1 record

1 record of the Leong 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 Sarm Leong

    Born 1950 in Kuala Lumpur (Malaisie); died 1992 in Pessac (Gironde).

    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).

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