The Peng surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 10,575 people carried this name — #3,374 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 27,900 people counted. That is up 64% from 6,460 in 2000.
Where the name comes from
The origin of the Peng surname
Borrowed from Mandarin 彭 (Péng).
From Wiktionary, the free dictionary (en.wiktionary.org) — entry «Peng» (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
438 people named Peng live in Switzerland.
They live in 18 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Graubünden.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere 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 Argentina’s national register
At least 96 people named Peng live in Argentina.
RENAPER only publishes a name in a province when more than ten people there share it, so the real number is higher. Most of them live in City of Buenos Aires.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they live today
RENAPER (National Registry of Persons, Argentina), surnames of residents by province, December 2021 — CC BY 4.0.
In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 53 people named Peng.
Most of them — 40 — were born outside France. Those born in France came from 3 départements, most often Yvelines.
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 Belgium’s population register
At least 30 people named Peng 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 Flemish Brabant.
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 the Nordic population registers
209 people named Peng 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.
In print
Peng in American newspapers,
1894–1915.
Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 9,421 pages in all carry the name.
Who carried it
People named Peng,
with a public archive behind them.
-
Peng Xuan d. 4 · politician
-
Peng Jiaping d. 1757 · politician
-
Peng Xilian d. 1819 · politician
-
Peng Yingyu d. 1353
-
Lady Peng d. 938
-
Peng Mou d. 795
Wikidata (CC0) · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Peng.
- Penalba 180 · U.S. census
- Penalver 629 · U.S. census
- Penaranda 1,181 · U.S. census
- Penas 373 · U.S. census
- Pendino 161 · U.S. census
- Pene 334 · U.S. census
- Penn 19,409 · U.S. census
- Penna 1,726 · U.S. census
- Penne 304 · U.S. census
- Pennel 518 · U.S. census
- Penning 1,776 · U.S. census
- Penny 10,249 · U.S. census
When the index is not enough
This page says where Peng is.
A volume says what happened to it.
Every page in the index is free and stays free. The Heritage Volume is the long form: the full paper trail, the arms, the crossing — bound, and yours.