The Zheng surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 25,242 people carried this name — #1,409 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 11,700 people counted. That is up 137% from 10,670 in 2000.
Where the name comes from
The origin of the Zheng surname
From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of Mandarin 鄭 /郑 (Zhèng).
From Wiktionary, the free dictionary (en.wiktionary.org) — entry «Zheng» (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 3,110 people named Zheng 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 Buenos Aires Province.
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 Switzerland’s population statistics
271 people named Zheng 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 Belgium’s population register
At least 215 people named Zheng 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 France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 87 people named Zheng.
Most of them — 82 — were born outside France. Those born in France came from 4 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 Poland’s population register
37 people named Zheng have a registered home in Poland.
Of the 350 in Poland’s national register, these are the ones with a permanent address on file. They live in 3 of Poland’s 16 voivodeships, most of all in Masovian.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they live today
PESEL register, Ministry of Digital Affairs of Poland (dane.gov.pl) — CC0 · living people by voivodeship of permanent residence, 20 January 2026.
In the Nordic population registers
457 people named Zheng 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
Zheng in American newspapers,
1844–1920.
Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 16 pages in all carry the name.
Who carried it
People named Zheng,
with a public archive behind them.
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Zheng Xuan 127–200 · writer -
Jeong Do-jeon 1342–1398 · writer -
Zheng He 1371–1433 · eunuch -
Jeong Nan-jeong 1506–1565 · politician -
Zheng Zhilong 1604–1661 · businessperson
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 150 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Zheng.
- Zepp 1,527 · U.S. census
- Zerafa 147 · U.S. census
- Zerbini 144 · U.S. census
- Zerr 1,534 · U.S. census
- Zhang 70,125 · U.S. census
- Zhao 22,301 · U.S. census
- Zhou 23,437 · U.S. census
- Zhu 21,265 · U.S. census
- Ziad 159 · U.S. census
- Zieba 781 · U.S. census
- Ziegelmeyer 138 · U.S. census
- Zieger 462 · U.S. census
When the index is not enough
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