The Yeung surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 7,782 people carried this name — #4,556 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 37,900 people counted. That is up 20% from 6,464 in 2000.

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Where the name comes from

The origin of the Yeung surname

Borrowed from Cantonese 楊 /杨 (joeng4).

From Wiktionary, the free dictionary (en.wiktionary.org) — entry «Yeung» (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

43 people named Yeung live in Switzerland.

They live in 5 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 20
Vaud 9
Basel-Landschaft 7
Neuchâtel 4
Fribourg 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 Belgium’s population register

At least 36 people named Yeung 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.

Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.

Where they live today

Antwerp 31
Walloon Brabant 5

Statbel (Statistics Belgium), family names of the population by municipality, 1 January 2026 — CC BY 4.0.

In France’s civil register

France’s register of deaths holds 25 people named Yeung.

12 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 2 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

Born outside France 12
French Polynesia 12
Wallis and Futuna 1

Fichier des personnes décédées, INSEE — Licence Ouverte 2.0 · deaths recorded in France since 1970, by place of birth.

In the Nordic population registers

35 people named Yeung is counted in Sweden.

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

Counted, by country

Sweden (2022) 35

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

Yeung in American newspapers,
1847–1907.

Newspaper page from Ladysmith News-budget carrying the name Yeung
Ladysmith News-budget 1907-12-19
Newspaper page from Gazeta De Puerto-rico carrying the name Yeung
Gazeta De Puerto-rico 1847-11-25
Newspaper page from Golden Valley Chronicle carrying the name Yeung
Golden Valley Chronicle 1907-12-19

Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 42,682 pages in all carry the name.

In print

Yeung in Australian newspapers,
1850s–1990s.

392 articles name a Mr, Mrs or Miss Yeung. The most, 53, date from the 1900s. Weighed against how much of each state’s press from the same decades has been digitised, it stands out most in Victoria, at 1.8 times its expected share.

Articles, by state

Victoria 152
Queensland 77
New South Wales 64
South Australia 41
Tasmania 17
ACT (Canberra) 16
Western Australia 16

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

Who carried it

People named Yeung,
with a public archive behind them.

  • Mary Yeung 1888–1971 · missionary
  • Cecilia Yeung 1931–2021 · politician
  • Arnold Yeung 1945–2002 · theologian

Wikidata (CC0) · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.

In the public record

People named Yeung,
in the records of 6 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 States31 records

31 records of the Yeung name in the United States
  • U.S. alien registration index, 1940–1955 24
  • U.S. veterans' cemetery records, burials to 2001 3
  • U.S. Army enlistment records, World War II 3
  • New York City birth, marriage and death certificates 1
  1. A United States Selective Service registration card, 1942
    Example: U.S. registration card, 1942
    Military record Ling Yeung

    Born 1915. Enlisted 1943 at New York City; sailor from New York County, New York.

    U.S. National Archives, WWII Army Enlistment Records (public domain)
  2. A U.S. Army record of death and interment, Camp Nelson, Kentucky, 1864
    Example: U.S. burial record, 1864
    Burial record Bacon P. K. Yeung

    U.S. Army veteran of World War II. Born 1922, died 1992; buried at Riverside National Cemetery, California.

    U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0)
  3. The receipt card sent under the U.S. Alien Registration Act of 1940
    Example: U.S. alien registration card, 1940s
    Alien registration Hui Y. Yeung

    Born 1908 in China. Registered as a foreign national in San Francisco, California, under the Alien Registration Act of 1940.

    U.S. National Archives, Flexoline Index Data File (public domain)

Showing 3 of 31 records for Yeung in the United States.

Counts: U.S. National Archives, Flexoline Index Data File (public domain) · U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0) · U.S. National Archives, WWII Army Enlistment Records (public domain) · NYC Department of Records & Information Services, Historical Vital Records (NYC Open Data). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: U.S. Selective Service registration card, 1942 (public domain); Record of death and interment, Camp Nelson, Kentucky, 1864, U.S. National Archives (public domain); Alien Registration Receipt Card, Form AR-3, photo by Bobjgalindo via Wikimedia Commons (CC BY 4.0).

Canada10 records

10 records of the Yeung name in Canada
  • City of Calgary cemetery records 6
  • Mountain View Cemetery, Vancouver 2
  • City of Waterloo (Ontario) cemetery records 1
  • City of Winnipeg cemetery records 1
  1. Fairview Lawn Cemetery in Halifax, Nova Scotia
    Example: Canadian cemetery
    Burial record Yun Mui Yeung

    Buried in 2000 at Queen's Park Mausoleum, Calgary, Alberta, aged 71.

    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 Tay Yeung

    Died 1988, aged 94; buried at Brookside Cemetery, Winnipeg, Manitoba.

    City of Winnipeg. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Winnipeg.
  3. Fairview Lawn Cemetery in Halifax, Nova Scotia
    Example: Canadian cemetery
    Burial record Shiu Hong Yeung

    Buried in 1998 at Mountain View Cemetery, Vancouver, British Columbia.

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

Showing 3 of 10 records for Yeung in Canada.

Counts: City of Calgary. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – City of Calgary. · City of Vancouver. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Vancouver. · Contains information provided by the City of Waterloo under licence · City of Winnipeg. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Winnipeg. Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Fairview Lawn Cemetery, Halifax, photo by Edgar El (CC BY 3.0).

Australia4 records

4 records of the Yeung name in Australia
  • Victoria wills and probate, deaths to 2001 3
  • Victoria passenger lists, 1839–1923 1
  1. A petition to the probate court of St. Louis, 1848
    Example: probate petition, 1848
    Probate record Lai Kuen Yeung

    Industrial machinist of Springvale, Victoria; died 1995.

    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 Ivy Yeung

    Of East St Kilda, Victoria; died 1988.

    Public Record Office Victoria (CC BY 4.0)
  3. A petition to the probate court of St. Louis, 1848
    Example: probate petition, 1848
    Probate record Cho Ming Yeung

    Of Bendigo, Victoria; died 1992.

    Public Record Office Victoria (CC BY 4.0)

Showing 3 of 4 records for Yeung in Australia.

Counts: Public Record Office Victoria (CC BY 4.0). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Petition to the probate court, St. Louis, 1848, Missouri Historical Society (public domain).

France3 records

3 records of the Yeung 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 Yee Yeung

    Born 1910 in China; died 2001 in Paris.

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

    Born 1937 in Uturoa; died 1993 in Générac (Gard).

    Insee, Fichier des personnes décédées (Licence Ouverte)

Showing 2 of 3 records for Yeung 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).

United Kingdom2 records

2 records of the Yeung name in the United Kingdom War Office casualty lists, 1917–1919, among the dead
  1. A First World War roll of honour of the staff of C. & E. Morton Ltd
    Example: roll of honour, 1914–1919
    War record D. Yeung

    Urham Light Infantry. Listed among the dead in the War Office casualty list of 1918.

    National Library of Scotland, War Office Weekly Casualty Lists (public domain)
  2. A First World War roll of honour of the staff of C. & E. Morton Ltd
    Example: roll of honour, 1914–1919
    War record W. E. Yeung

    Gunner, Royal Field Artillery. Listed among the dead in the War Office casualty list of 1918.

    National Library of Scotland, War Office Weekly Casualty Lists (public domain)

Counts: National Library of Scotland, War Office Weekly Casualty Lists (public domain). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: C. & E. Morton Ltd roll of honour, 1914–1919, photo by Adrian S Pye via Geograph (CC BY-SA 2.0).

Netherlands2 records

2 records of the Yeung name in the Netherlands Dutch civil registers (births, marriages, deaths)
  1. A page of the Berlin civil register, 1880
    Example: civil register, 1880
    Death record Hok Man Yeung

    Died 1971 in Overleden op Zee; born in Chung Shan K.t; cook.

    Open Archives, Haags Gemeentearchief (CC BY 4.0)
  2. A page of the Berlin civil register, 1880
    Example: civil register, 1880
    Death record Hung Yu Yeung

    Died 1968 in Schiedam; born in Foochow (China).

    Open Archives, Gemeentearchief Schiedam (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).

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