The Sung surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 7,360 people carried this name — #4,801 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 40,000 people counted. That is up 35% from 5,439 in 2000.

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Where the name comes from

The origin of the Sung surname

From Chinese 宋 (Sòng) Wade–Giles romanization: Sung⁴.

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

In Argentina’s national register

At least 44 people named Sung 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

City of Buenos Aires 44

RENAPER (National Registry of Persons, Argentina), surnames of residents by province, December 2021 — CC BY 4.0.

In the Nordic population registers

20 people named Sung is counted in Sweden.

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

Counted, by country

Sweden (2022) 20

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

Sung in American newspapers,
1911–1919.

Newspaper page from The Presbyterian Of The South : [combining The] Southwestern Presbyterian, Central Presbyterian, Southern Presbyterian carrying the name Sung
The Presbyterian Of The South : [combining The] Southwestern Presbyterian, Central Presbyterian, Southern Presbyterian 1919-12-24
Newspaper page from The Presbyterian Of The South : [combining The] Southwestern Presbyterian, Central Presbyterian, Southern Presbyterian carrying the name Sung
The Presbyterian Of The South : [combining The] Southwestern Presbyterian, Central Presbyterian, Southern Presbyterian 1919-12-24
Newspaper page from Las Vegas Optic carrying the name Sung
Las Vegas Optic 1911-02-22

Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 94 pages in all carry the name.

In print

Sung in Australian newspapers,
1820s–2000s.

5,402 articles name a Mr, Mrs or Miss Sung. The most, 754, date from the 1900s. 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 the Australian Capital Territory, at 1.8 times its expected share.

Articles, by state

New South Wales 1,717
Victoria 1,173
Queensland 1,157
South Australia 648
Tasmania 354
Western Australia 248
ACT (Canberra) 90
Northern Territory 4

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

Who carried it

People named Sung,
with a public archive behind them.

  • John Sung
    John Sung 1901–1944 · missionary
  • Elizabeth Sung 1954–2018 · screenwriter

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 Sung,
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 States204 records

204 records of the Sung name in the United States
  • U.S. alien registration index, 1940–1955 145
  • Passenger arrivals in the United States, 1820–1912 35
  • New York City birth, marriage and death certificates 10
  • U.S. Army enlistment records, World War II 10
  • U.S. veterans' cemetery records, burials to 2001 4
  1. A United States Selective Service registration card, 1942
    Example: U.S. registration card, 1942
    Military record Kyung S. Sung

    Born 1920 in Hawaiian Islands. Enlisted 1946, from Hawaiian Islands. U.S. Air Force veteran of World War II; died 1988, buried at National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific, Honolulu, Hawaii.

    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 Jacob Sung

    Arrived at Baltimore in 1870 aboard the Leipzig from Bremen, aged 32; farmer. From Hegensdorf, Germany; bound for New York.

    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 Steve Sung

    U.S. Army veteran of the Korean War. Born 1931, died 2000; buried at Riverside National Cemetery, California.

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

Showing 3 of 204 records for Sung in the United States.

Counts: U.S. National Archives, Flexoline Index Data File (public domain) · U.S. National Archives, Castle Garden Immigration Center Collection, Ship Passenger Records (unrestricted) · 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). 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).

Australia38 records

38 records of the Sung name in Australia
  • Queensland State Archives indexes 31
  • Victoria passenger lists, 1839–1923 5
  • NSW convict, estate and railway indexes 1
  • Tasmanian Names Index 1
  1. A page of the Berlin civil register, 1880
    Example: civil register, 1880
    Civil record Tien Sung

    Naturalised in Queensland in 1883.

    Queensland State Archives (CC BY 4.0)
  2. A page of the Berlin civil register, 1880
    Example: civil register, 1880
    Death record Lor Lin Sung

    Of Nundle, New South Wales; died 1917.

    Museums of History NSW – State Archives Collection (CC BY)
  3. A passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, arriving at New York in 1903
    Example: passenger manifest, 1903
    Passenger record T. A. Sung

    Sailed from Victoria in 1904 aboard the Changsha, bound for Hong Kong, aged 39.

    Public Record Office Victoria (CC BY 4.0)

Showing 3 of 38 records for Sung in Australia.

Counts: Queensland State Archives (CC BY 4.0) · Public Record Office Victoria (CC BY 4.0) · Museums of History NSW – State Archives Collection (CC BY) · Libraries Tasmania, Tasmanian Names Index (CC BY 4.0). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Civil register, Berlin, 1880, Landesarchiv Berlin (CC0); Passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, New York, 1903 (public domain).

Canada12 records

12 records of the Sung name in Canada
  • Mountain View Cemetery, Vancouver 10
  • City of Calgary cemetery records 2
  1. Fairview Lawn Cemetery in Halifax, Nova Scotia
    Example: Canadian cemetery
    Burial record Shue Wan Sung

    Buried in 1991 at Queen's Park Cemetery, Calgary, Alberta, aged 80.

    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 Hem Sung

    Died 1977; buried at Mountain View Cemetery, Vancouver, British Columbia.

    City of Vancouver. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Vancouver.
  3. Fairview Lawn Cemetery in Halifax, Nova Scotia
    Example: Canadian cemetery
    Burial record Kim Sung

    Buried in 1991 at Queen's Park Cemetery, Calgary, Alberta.

    City of Calgary. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – City of Calgary.

Showing 3 of 12 records for Sung 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. Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Fairview Lawn Cemetery, Halifax, photo by Edgar El (CC BY 3.0).

France2 records

2 records of the Sung 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 Kum Ja Sung

    Born 1920 in A Seoul (Corée du Sud); died 1999 in Paris.

    Insee, Fichier des personnes décédées (Licence Ouverte)

Showing 1 of 2 records for Sung 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).

Netherlands2 records

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

    Died 1925 in Rotterdam, aged 44.

    Open Archives, Stadsarchief Rotterdam (CC BY 4.0)
  2. A page of the 1910 United States census, Milwaukee
    Example: U.S. census, 1910
    Population register Catharina Philippina Sung

    In the population register of Amsterdam; born 1831 in Amsterdam.

    Open Archives, Stadsarchief Amsterdam (CC BY 4.0)

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).

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