The Wong surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 111,371 people carried this name — #274 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 2,650 people counted. That is up 12% from 99,392 in 2000.
Where the name comes from
The origin of the Wong surname
A Chinese surname from Cantonese.
From Wiktionary, the free dictionary (en.wiktionary.org) — entry «Wong» (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
450 people named Wong live in Switzerland.
They live in 17 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Zurich.
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 France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 275 people named Wong.
Most of them — 167 — were born outside France. Those born in France came from 9 départements, most often French Polynesia.
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 243 people named Wong 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 Antwerp.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere they live today
Statbel (Statistics Belgium), family names of the population by municipality, 1 January 2026 — CC BY 4.0.
In Argentina’s national register
At least 229 people named Wong 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.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere 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
837 people named Wong are counted in Sweden, Norway and Finland.
Sweden’s figure is from 31 December 2022, the last count Statistics Sweden published. Norway publishes only surnames with 200 or more bearers. 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) · Statistics Norway (SSB, ssb.no), table 12891, 2025 — CC BY 4.0 · Digital and Population Data Services Agency (DVV), Finland, surname statistics, August 2026 — CC BY 4.0.
In print
Wong in American newspapers,
1904–1915.
Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 75,808 pages in all carry the name.
Who carried it
People named Wong,
with a public archive behind them.
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Wong Shing 1825–1902 · businessperson -
Wong Shing 1825–1902 · businessperson
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Olavus Johannis Wong 1634–1694 · priest
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Daniel Wong 1689–1744 · priest
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Olof Wong 1732–1793 · priest
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Wong Ah Fook 1837–1918 · entrepreneur
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Wong.
- Woll 1,493 · U.S. census
- Wolle 348 · U.S. census
- Wolny 321 · U.S. census
- Woloszyn 798 · U.S. census
- Wolski 1,965 · U.S. census
- Wolter 4,511 · U.S. census
- Wonner 130 · U.S. census
- Woock 240 · U.S. census
- Wood 250,715 · U.S. census
- Woods 177,425 · U.S. census
- Woog 155 · U.S. census
- Worms 298 · U.S. census
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