The Leung surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 20,496 people carried this name — #1,747 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 14,400 people counted. That is up 13% from 18,140 in 2000.

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Where the name comes from

The origin of the Leung surname

Borrowed from Cantonese 梁 (loeng⁴).

From Wiktionary, the free dictionary (en.wiktionary.org) — entry «Leung» (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

116 people named Leung live in Switzerland.

They live in 8 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 39
Geneva 25
Vaud 17
Aargau 10
Bern 9
Schwyz 6
Basel-Stadt 5
Ticino 5

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 Belgium’s population register

At least 77 people named Leung 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 Antwerp.

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

Where they live today

Antwerp 60
Brussels-Capital 6
Hainaut 6
East Flanders 5

Statbel (Statistics Belgium), family names of the population by municipality, 1 January 2026 — CC BY 4.0.

In France’s civil register

France’s register of deaths holds 26 people named Leung.

Most of them — 24 — were born outside France. Those born in France came from 2 départements, most often Rhône.

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

Where they were born

Born outside France 24
Rhône 1
Val-de-Marne 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

158 people named Leung 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

Sweden (2022) 125
Finland (2026) 33

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 Scotland’s registers today

Leung was recorded 11 times in Scotland’s registers of births, marriages and deaths in 2025.

That made it the 1788th most common name in those registers, shared with others on the same count. Each birth counts the child’s surname, each marriage both partners’ and each death the surname of the person who died — a yearly count of registrations, not of the people who live in Scotland.

National Records of Scotland, «Most Common Surnames, 2025» (published 26 May 2026): every surname recorded 10 or more times in the 2025 registers, and the series from 1975 · different spellings are counted separately — © Crown copyright 2026. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.

In print

Leung in American newspapers,
1900–1909.

Newspaper page from The Billings Gazette carrying the name Leung
The Billings Gazette 1904-02-26
Newspaper page from The Neihart Herald carrying the name Leung
The Neihart Herald 1900-08-11
Newspaper page from The Sun carrying the name Leung
The Sun 1909-06-22

Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 4,379 pages in all carry the name.

In print

Leung in Australian newspapers,
1870s–2000s.

217 articles name a Mr, Mrs or Miss Leung. The most, 48, date from the 1930s.

Articles, by state

New South Wales 58
Queensland 38
Victoria 34
ACT (Canberra) 27
South Australia 9
Northern Territory 6
Tasmania 4
Western Australia 3

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

Who carried it

People named Leung,
with a public archive behind them.

  • Tye Leung Schulze
    Tye Leung Schulze 1887–1972 · interpreter
  • Tom Leung 1875–1931 · herbalist
  • Leung Kau-kui 1903–1994 · businessperson
  • Bruce Leung 1948–2026 · actor
  • Bruce Leung 1948–2026 · actor
  • Bruce Leung 1948–2026 · actor

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 Leung,
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 States422 records

422 records of the Leung name in the United States
  • U.S. alien registration index, 1940–1955 298
  • New York City birth, marriage and death certificates 55
  • U.S. Army enlistment records, World War II 52
  • U.S. veterans' cemetery records, burials to 2001 11
  • New York State death index (outside NYC), 1957–2001 3
  • Sacramento County historic burials 2
  • 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 Sun C. Leung

    Born 1923. Enlisted 1943 at Providence, Rhode Island; waiter from Suffolk County, Massachusetts. U.S. Army veteran of World War II; died 1997, buried at Calverton National Cemetery, New York.

    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 Rebecca Leung

    Arrived at New York in 1867 aboard the Allemannia from Hamburg, aged 24. From Germany.

    U.S. National Archives, Castle Garden Immigration Center Collection, Ship Passenger Records (unrestricted)
  3. The receipt card sent under the U.S. Alien Registration Act of 1940
    Example: U.S. alien registration card, 1940s
    Alien registration Shee Leung

    Born 1875 in China. Registered as a foreign national in Fresno, California, under the Alien Registration Act of 1940.

    U.S. National Archives, Flexoline Index Data File (public domain)

Showing 3 of 422 records for Leung in the United States.

Counts: U.S. National Archives, Flexoline Index Data File (public domain) · NYC Department of Records & Information Services, Historical Vital Records (NYC Open Data) · U.S. National Archives, WWII Army Enlistment Records (public domain) · 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); Alien Registration Receipt Card, Form AR-3, photo by Bobjgalindo via Wikimedia Commons (CC BY 4.0).

Canada78 records

78 records of the Leung name in Canada
  • City of Calgary cemetery records 47
  • Mountain View Cemetery, Vancouver 20
  • City of Winnipeg cemetery records 9
  • Halifax municipal cemeteries 1
  • Nova Scotia Archives name indexes 1
  1. Fairview Lawn Cemetery in Halifax, Nova Scotia
    Example: Canadian cemetery
    Burial record David Chung Yu Leung

    Buried in 1999 at Queen's Park Mausoleum, Calgary, Alberta, aged 45.

    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 Yip Chong Leung

    Died 1997, aged 57; 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 Samuel Leung

    Died 1923 in Pictou, Nova Scotia.

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

Showing 3 of 78 records for Leung 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. · Halifax Regional Municipality. Contains information licenced under the Open Government Licence—Halifax. · 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).

Australia16 records

16 records of the Leung name in Australia
  • Victoria wills and probate, deaths to 2001 13
  • Victoria passenger lists, 1839–1923 2
  • NSW convict, estate and railway indexes 1
  1. A petition to the probate court of St. Louis, 1848
    Example: probate petition, 1848
    Probate record Whang L. Leung

    Cafe prop of Prahran, Victoria; died 1954.

    Public Record Office Victoria (CC BY 4.0)
  2. A page of the Berlin civil register, 1880
    Example: civil register, 1880
    Death record Sun Fong Leung

    Of China and Wilcannia, New South Wales; died 1931.

    Museums of History NSW – State Archives Collection (CC BY)
  3. A petition to the probate court of St. Louis, 1848
    Example: probate petition, 1848
    Probate record Sarah Leung

    Gentlewoman of Rowville, Victoria; died 1991.

    Public Record Office Victoria (CC BY 4.0)

Showing 3 of 16 records for Leung 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); Civil register, Berlin, 1880, Landesarchiv Berlin (CC0).

France4 records

4 records of the Leung 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 Ping Wah Leung

    Born 1971 in Territoires britanniques dans les Antilles et Bermudes; died 1991 in Saint-Martin (Guadeloupe).

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

    Born 1908 in China; died 1990 in Salazie (La Réunion).

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

    Born 1927 in Lyon; died 1982 in Bron (Rhône).

    Insee, Fichier des personnes décédées (Licence Ouverte)

Showing 3 of 4 records for Leung 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).

New Zealand2 records

2 records of the Leung 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 Hang Leung

    Died 1998, aged 83; 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 Yuk Ching Leung

    Died 1998, aged 82; buried at Memorial Park 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 Leung name in the Netherlands Dutch population registers
  1. A page of the 1910 United States census, Milwaukee
    Example: U.S. census, 1910
    Population register Katharina Leüng

    In the population register of Zaanstad; born 1861 in Graes D.

    Open Archives, Gemeentearchief Zaanstad (CC BY 4.0)
  2. A page of the 1910 United States census, Milwaukee
    Example: U.S. census, 1910
    Population register Katharina Leüng

    In the population register of Zaandijk; born in Graes D.

    Open Archives, Gemeentearchief Zaanstad (CC BY 4.0)

Counts: Open Archives (CC BY 4.0). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: U.S. census of 1910, Milwaukee (public domain).

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