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The CHEUNG surname in the USA

Frequency Comparisons
Total Rank Frequency % Per million people
United States
United States (Current snapshot) 16,067 2069 0.006 60
United States (1880 census) 61 44378 0 1
Change since 1880 +16006 +42309 +N/A +59
Other Countries
Australia 2,696 583 0.016 165
United Kingdom 4,663 1343 0.01 102
Top States for CHEUNG by Total
State Total Rank in State Frequency % Per million people
California 6,448 482 0.019 190
New York 3,424 464 0.018 180
New Jersey 812 1104 0.010 97
Massachusetts 693 1315 0.011 109
Florida 457 4519 0.003 29
Top States for CHEUNG by Frequency
State Total Rank in State Frequency % Per million people
California 6,448 482 0.019 190
New York 3,424 464 0.018 180
Hawaii 204 455 0.017 168
Massachusetts 693 1315 0.011 109
New Jersey 812 1104 0.010 97

Notes

'A figure of zero indicates that we don't have data for this name (usually because it's quite uncommon and our stats don't go down that far). It doesn't mean that there's no-one with that name at all!

For less common surnames, the figures get progressively less reliable the fewer holders of that name there are. This data is aggregated from several public lists, and some stats are interpolated from known values. The margin of error is well over 100% at the rarest end of the table!

For less common surnames, the frequency and "per million" values may be 0 even though there are people with that name. That's because they represent less than one in a million of the population, which ends up as 0 after rounding.

It's possible for a surname to gain in rank and/or total while being less common per million people (or vice versa) as there are now more surnames in the USA as a result of immigration. In mathematical terms, the tail has got longer, with a far larger number of less common surnames.

Figures for top states show firstly the states where most people called CHEUNG live. This obviously tends to be biased towards the most populous states. The second set of figures show where people called CHEUNG represent the biggest proportion of the population. So, in this case, there are more people called CHEUNG in California than any other state, but you are more likely to find a CHEUNG by picking someone at random in California than anywhere else.

Classification and Origin of CHEUNG

Region of origin: Asia

Country of origin: China

Language of origin: Chinese

Data for religion and/or language relates to the culture in which the CHEUNG surname originated. It does not necessarily have any correlation with the language spoken, or religion practised, by the majority of current American citizens with that name.

Ethnic distribution of CHEUNG in the USA

Classification Total Percent
Mixed Race 325 2.02
White (Caucasian) 225 1.4
White (Hispanic) 84 0.52
Asian/Pacific 15,413 95.93
Black/African American Less than 100 Insignificant
Native American/Alaskan Less than 100 Insignificant

Ethnic distribution data shows the number and percentage of people with the CHEUNG surname who reported their ethnic background as being in these broad categories in the most recent national census.

Meaning of CHEUNG in historical publications

Sorry, we don't have any information on the meaning of CHEUNG.

Similar names to CHEUNG

The following names have similar spellings or pronunciations as CHEUNG.

This does not necessarily imply a direct relationship between the names, but may indicate names that could be mistaken for this one when written down or misheard.

Matches are generated automatically by a combination of Soundex, Metaphone and Levenshtein matching.

Potential typos for CHEUNG

The following words are slight variants of CHEUNG that are likely to be possible typos or misspellings in written material.