The Ng surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 31,210 people carried this name — #1,125 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 9,450 people counted. That is up 13% from 27,537 in 2000.
Where the name comes from
The origin of the Ng surname
From various Chinese surnames, including: The Philippine pronunciation is influenced by Tagalog ng.
From Wiktionary, the free dictionary (en.wiktionary.org) — entry «Ng» (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
141 people named Ng live in Switzerland.
They live in 12 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
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 83 people named Ng 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
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 51 people named Ng.
Most of them — 45 — were born outside France. Those born in France came from 2 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
Fichier des personnes décédées, INSEE — Licence Ouverte 2.0 · deaths recorded in France since 1970, by place of birth.
In the Nordic population registers
142 people named Ng 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
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.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Ng.
- Newman 101,931 · U.S. census
- Newton 74,092 · U.S. census
- Ney 3,285 · U.S. census
- Neyens 437 · U.S. census
- Neyer 619 · U.S. census
- Nez 4,827 · U.S. census
- Ngo 33,005 · U.S. census
- Nguon 443 · U.S. census
- Nguyen 437,645 · U.S. census
- Niang 888 · U.S. census
- Nicaise 154 · U.S. census
- Nicar 127 · U.S. census
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