The Tung surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 4,411 people carried this name — #7,536 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 66,700 people counted. That is up 13% from 3,892 in 2000.

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In Switzerland’s population statistics

31 people named Tung live in Switzerland.

They live in 7 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 7
Graubünden 6
Schwyz 5
Bern 4
Geneva 3
Solothurn 3
Ticino 3

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 the Nordic population registers

21 people named Tung is counted in Sweden.

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

Counted, by country

Sweden (2022) 21

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

Tung in American newspapers,
1902–1916.

Newspaper page from The Bridgeport Evening Farmer carrying the name Tung
The Bridgeport Evening Farmer 1913-05-12
Newspaper page from The Tupelo Journal carrying the name Tung
The Tupelo Journal 1902-11-14
Newspaper page from Svenska Monitoren carrying the name Tung
Svenska Monitoren 1916-05-05

Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 124 pages in all carry the name.

In print

Tung in Australian newspapers,
1850s–2000s.

1,260 articles name a Mr, Mrs or Miss Tung. The most, 189, date from the 1910s. Weighed against how much of each state’s press from the same decades has been digitised, it stands out most in Victoria, at 1.6 times its expected share.

Articles, by state

Victoria 399
Queensland 323
New South Wales 295
South Australia 65
Western Australia 59
ACT (Canberra) 47
Tasmania 32
Northern Territory 4

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

Who carried it

People named Tung,
with a public archive behind them.

  • Sandy Tung 1901– · screenwriter
  • Tung Chao Yung 1912–1982 · entrepreneur
  • Tung Chao Yung 1912–1982 · entrepreneur
  • Wu-Ki Tung 1939–2009 · physicist

Wikidata (CC0) · 8 lives in all are documented under this name.

In the public record

People named Tung,
in the records of 7 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 States263 records

263 records of the Tung name in the United States
  • U.S. alien registration index, 1940–1955 155
  • New York City birth, marriage and death certificates 54
  • Passenger arrivals in the United States, 1820–1912 28
  • U.S. Army enlistment records, World War II 19
  • U.S. veterans' cemetery records, burials to 2001 5
  • New York State death index (outside NYC), 1957–2001 2
  1. A passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, arriving at New York in 1903
    Example: passenger manifest, 1903
    Passenger record Heinrich Tung

    Arrived at New York in 1868 aboard the Union from Bremen and Southampton, aged 28; farmer. From Hesse Nassau, Germany; bound for Ohio.

    U.S. National Archives, Castle Garden Immigration Center Collection, Ship Passenger Records (unrestricted)
  2. A United States Selective Service registration card, 1942
    Example: U.S. registration card, 1942
    Military record Moy S. Tung

    Born 1918. Enlisted 1942 at Boston, Massachusetts; laundry worker from Suffolk County.

    U.S. National Archives, WWII Army Enlistment Records (public domain)
  3. A U.S. Army record of death and interment, Camp Nelson, Kentucky, 1864
    Example: U.S. burial record, 1864
    Burial record Gee Tung

    U.S. Army veteran of World War I. Born 1892, died 1953; buried at Long Island National Cemetery, New York.

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

Showing 3 of 263 records for Tung 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, Castle Garden Immigration Center Collection, Ship Passenger Records (unrestricted) · 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. Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, New York, 1903 (public domain); U.S. Selective Service registration card, 1942 (public domain); Record of death and interment, Camp Nelson, Kentucky, 1864, U.S. National Archives (public domain).

Australia51 records

51 records of the Tung name in Australia
  • Victoria passenger lists, 1839–1923 23
  • Queensland State Archives indexes 14
  • Victoria wills and probate, deaths to 2001 13
  • Tasmanian Names Index 1
  1. A passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, arriving at New York in 1903
    Example: passenger manifest, 1903
    Passenger record George Tung

    Arrived in Victoria in 1886 aboard the Soochow, aged 45; Chinese.

    Public Record Office Victoria (CC BY 4.0)
  2. A petition to the probate court of St. Louis, 1848
    Example: probate petition, 1848
    Probate record James Anthony Tung

    Catholic priest of Ararat, Victoria; died 1997.

    Public Record Office Victoria (CC BY 4.0)
  3. A page of the Berlin civil register, 1880
    Example: civil register, 1880
    Death record Lue Tung

    Died 1908 in General Hospital, Launceston, Tasmania.

    Libraries Tasmania, Tasmanian Names Index (CC BY 4.0)

Showing 3 of 51 records for Tung in Australia.

Counts: Public Record Office Victoria (CC BY 4.0) · Queensland State Archives (CC BY 4.0) · Libraries Tasmania, Tasmanian Names Index (CC BY 4.0). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, New York, 1903 (public domain); Petition to the probate court, St. Louis, 1848, Missouri Historical Society (public domain); Civil register, Berlin, 1880, Landesarchiv Berlin (CC0).

Norway33 records

33 records of the Tung name in Norway Norway's 1910 census
  1. A page of the 1910 United States census, Milwaukee
    Example: U.S. census, 1910
    Census record Knut K. Tung

    Census of 1910: Tung, Stadsbygden; farmer, born 1867 in Stadsbygden.

    Arkivverket, Digitalarkivet, 1910 census (CC BY 3.0 NO)
  2. A page of the 1910 United States census, Milwaukee
    Example: U.S. census, 1910
    Census record Johan E. Tung

    Census of 1910: Tung, Stadsbygden; farmer, born 1856 in Stadsbygden.

    Arkivverket, Digitalarkivet, 1910 census (CC BY 3.0 NO)
  3. A page of the 1910 United States census, Milwaukee
    Example: U.S. census, 1910
    Census record Peder Tung

    Census of 1910: Tung, Stadsbygden; farmer, born 1870 in Stadsbygden.

    Arkivverket, Digitalarkivet, 1910 census (CC BY 3.0 NO)

Showing 3 of 33 records for Tung in Norway.

Counts: Arkivverket, Digitalarkivet, 1910 census (CC BY 3.0 NO). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: U.S. census of 1910, Milwaukee (public domain).

France6 records

6 records of the Tung 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 Yi Tung

    Born 1973 in China; died 1997 in Lille (Nord).

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

    Born 1935 in Vietnam; died 1998 in Sannois (Val-d'Oise).

    Insee, Fichier des personnes décédées (Licence Ouverte)
  3. A page of the death register of Nice, 1930
    Example: French death register, 1930
    Death record Chu San Tung

    Born 1905 in China; died 1994 in Précy-sur-Oise (Oise).

    Insee, Fichier des personnes décédées (Licence Ouverte)

Showing 3 of 6 records for Tung 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).

Germany5 records

5 records of the Tung name in Germany Germany's First World War casualty lists, 1914–1919
  1. A page of the German First World War casualty lists, 18 April 1918
    Example: German casualty list, 1918
    Casualty list Johann Tung

    From Stommeln, Cöln. Reported wounded in the Prussian casualty list of 18 October 1916 (Reserve Infantry Regiment No. 25).

    Verein für Computergenealogie e.V. (2026). Deutsche Verlustlisten des Ersten Weltkriegs – Datensammlung (Version 1.0), DOI 10.5281/zenodo.18330751 (CC0)
  2. A page of the German First World War casualty lists, 18 April 1918
    Example: German casualty list, 1918
    Casualty list Martin Tung

    From Mülheim, Cöln. Reported wounded in the Prussian casualty list of 26 January 1917.

    Verein für Computergenealogie e.V. (2026). Deutsche Verlustlisten des Ersten Weltkriegs – Datensammlung (Version 1.0), DOI 10.5281/zenodo.18330751 (CC0)

Showing 2 of 5 records for Tung in Germany.

Counts: Verein für Computergenealogie e.V. (2026). Deutsche Verlustlisten des Ersten Weltkriegs – Datensammlung (Version 1.0), DOI 10.5281/zenodo.18330751 (CC0). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Deutsche Verlustlisten, Prussian list 1116, 18 April 1918 (scan via Wikimedia Commons, CC BY 3.0).

Canada4 records

4 records of the Tung name in Canada
  • Mountain View Cemetery, Vancouver 2
  • City of Calgary cemetery records 1
  • Halifax municipal cemeteries 1
  1. Fairview Lawn Cemetery in Halifax, Nova Scotia
    Example: Canadian cemetery
    Burial record Kim Tai Tung

    Buried in 1995 at Fairview Lawn Cemetery, Halifax, Nova Scotia, aged 98.

    Halifax Regional Municipality. Contains information licenced under the Open Government Licence—Halifax.
  2. Fairview Lawn Cemetery in Halifax, Nova Scotia
    Example: Canadian cemetery
    Burial record Roy Chung Fung Tung

    Died 1982; 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 Frank Mow Tung

    Buried in 1956 at Chinese Cemetery, Calgary, Alberta.

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

Showing 3 of 4 records for Tung 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. · Halifax Regional Municipality. Contains information licenced under the Open Government Licence—Halifax. Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Fairview Lawn Cemetery, Halifax, photo by Edgar El (CC BY 3.0).

Netherlands4 records

4 records of the Tung name in the Netherlands
  • Dutch civil registers (births, marriages, deaths) 3
  • Dutch population registers 1
  1. A page of the Berlin civil register, 1880
    Example: civil register, 1880
    Death record Shan Li Tung

    Died 1972 in Utrecht; born 1907 in Chekiang; "restaurateur".

    Open Archives, Het Utrechts Archief (CC BY 4.0)
  2. A page of the Berlin civil register, 1880
    Example: civil register, 1880
    Death record Ah Tsai Tung

    Died 1948 in Rotterdam, aged 53.

    Open Archives, Stadsarchief Rotterdam (CC BY 4.0)
  3. A page of the 1910 United States census, Milwaukee
    Example: U.S. census, 1910
    Population register Town Tung

    In a population register.

    Open Archives, Stadsarchief Rotterdam (CC BY 4.0)

Showing 3 of 4 records for Tung in the Netherlands.

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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