The Tseng surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 4,994 people carried this name — #6,751 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 59,200 people counted. That is up 15% from 4,352 in 2000.
Where the name comes from
The origin of the Tseng surname
From the Wade–Giles romanization Tsêng¹ of Mandarin 曾 (Zēng).
From Wiktionary, the free dictionary (en.wiktionary.org) — entry «Tseng» (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 73 people named Tseng 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 the Nordic population registers
48 people named Tseng is counted in Sweden.
Sweden’s figure is from 31 December 2022, the last count Statistics Sweden published.
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).
In print
Tseng in American newspapers,
1880–1902.
Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 5,233 pages in all carry the name.
In print
Tseng in Australian newspapers,
1880s–1970s.
253 articles name a Mr, Mrs or Miss Tseng. The most, 121, date from the 1910s.
Articles, by state
Trove, National Library of Australia (trove.nla.gov.au) · articles in its digitised newspapers that name a Mr, Mrs or Miss Tseng.
Who carried it
People named Tseng,
with a public archive behind them.
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Eddie Tseng 1915–1989 · politician
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Wen-Shing Tseng 1935–2012
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Mitchell M. Tseng 1947–2019 · computer scientist
Wikidata (CC0) · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.
In the public record
People named Tseng,
in the records of 3 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 States46 records
- U.S. alien registration index, 1940–1955 45
- New York City birth, marriage and death certificates 1
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Example: U.S. alien registration card, 1940s Alien registration Tung-Li TsengBorn 1922 in Haichow, China. Entered the United States at San Francisco in 1947. Listed in the U.S. alien registration index, 1940–1955.
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Example: U.S. alien registration card, 1940s Alien registration Kuang Yu TsengBorn 1888 in Chung Shan, China. Entered the United States at Los Angeles in 1947. Listed in the U.S. alien registration index, 1940–1955.
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Example: marriage register, New York, 1838 Marriage record Chau Chaun TsengMarried in 1916 in Manhattan, New York.
NYC Department of Records & Information Services, Historical Vital Records (NYC Open Data)
Showing 3 of 46 records for Tseng 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). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Alien Registration Receipt Card, Form AR-3, photo by Bobjgalindo via Wikimedia Commons (CC BY 4.0); Marriage register, Methodist church in Manhattan, 1837–1838 (public domain).
Netherlands11 records
- Dutch civil registers (births, marriages, deaths) 6
- Dutch population registers 5
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Example: marriage register, 1911 Marriage record Tsi Tsiang TsengMarried in 1936 in 's-Gravenhage; "straatkoopman". Died 1967 in 's-Gravenhage, aged 56; "restaurateur".
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Example: civil register, 1880 Death record Tsang Yo TsengDied 1962 in Rotterdam, aged 66.
Open Archives, Stadsarchief Rotterdam (CC BY 4.0) -
Example: U.S. census, 1910 Population register Hendrika Antonette TsengIn the population register of 's-Gravenhage; born in 's-Gravenhage.
Open Archives, Haags Gemeentearchief (CC BY 4.0)
Showing 3 of 11 records for Tseng in the Netherlands.
Counts: Open Archives (CC BY 4.0). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Marriage register, Tilburg, 1911, Regionaal Archief Tilburg (public domain); Civil register, Berlin, 1880, Landesarchiv Berlin (CC0); U.S. census of 1910, Milwaukee (public domain).
France2 records
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Example: French death register, 1930 Death record In Yu TsengBorn 1932 in Hongay (Nord Vietnam); died 2000 in Montbéliard (Doubs).
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Example: French death register, 1930 Death record Corinne Purou TsengBorn 1971 in Papeete; died 2001 in Pirae.
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).
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Tseng.
- Tschanz 290 · U.S. census
- Tschirhart 798 · U.S. census
- Tschopp 357 · U.S. census
- Tschudy 459 · U.S. census
- Tschupp 104 · U.S. census
- Tse 6,227 · U.S. census
- Tsosie 5,255 · U.S. census
- Tu 9,230 · U.S. census
- Tua 296 · U.S. census
- Tubbs 12,828 · U.S. census
- Tucci 4,245 · U.S. census
- Tuck 10,018 · U.S. census
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