The Ung surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 4,519 people carried this name — #7,369 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 65,400 people counted. That is up 15% from 3,933 in 2000.
In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 294 people named Ung.
Most of them — 266 — were born outside France. Those born in France came from 14 départements, most often Paris.
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 Switzerland’s population statistics
95 people named Ung live in Switzerland.
They live in 9 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 the Nordic population registers
269 people named Ung 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
Ung in American newspapers,
1899–1945.
Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 781,250 pages in all carry the name.
Who carried it
People named Ung,
with a public archive behind them.
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Chinary Ung 1942– · composer -
Sandra Ung 1974– · politician -
Dick Ung 1923–1982 · layout artist
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Per Ung 1933–2013 · sculptor
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Jill Ung 1956– · actor
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Ingrid Ung 1973– · artist
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 15 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Ung.
- Ulman 1,349 · U.S. census
- Ulmer 8,165 · U.S. census
- Ulrich 16,668 · U.S. census
- Ulysse 1,442 · U.S. census
- Umbdenstock 143 · U.S. census
- Unal 273 · U.S. census
- Unger 14,738 · U.S. census
- Ungerer 523 · U.S. census
- Unterreiner 488 · U.S. census
- Untz 120 · U.S. census
- Urbain 382 · U.S. census
- Urban 20,058 · U.S. census
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