The CHONG surname in the USA

Frequency Comparisons
	Total	Rank	Frequency %	Per million people
United States
United States (Current snapshot)	12,976	2561	0.005	48
United States (1880 census)	226	17620	0	5
Change since 1880	+12750	+15059	+N/A	+43
Other Countries
Australia	1,386	1180	0.008	85
United Kingdom	878	5846	0.002	19

Top States for CHONG by Total
State	Total	Rank in State	Frequency %	Per million people
California	4,173	810	0.012	123
New York	1,310	1487	0.007	69
Hawaii	1,049	34	0.087	866
Florida	783	2817	0.005	49
Texas	685	3538	0.003	33
Top States for CHONG by Frequency
State	Total	Rank in State	Frequency %	Per million people
Hawaii	1,049	34	0.087	866
California	4,173	810	0.012	123
Alaska	58	1467	0.009	93
Washington	541	1427	0.009	92
Nevada	179	1392	0.009	90

Notes

Total is the total number of people with that surname.
Rank is the position in the list of names ordered by total (eg, a rank of 1 means that it's the most common name, and a rank of 10 means it's the tenth most common, etc).
Frequency is the percentage of people with that surname.
Per million people is the number of people with that surname per million of the population.

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

Classification and Origin of CHONG

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 CHONG 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 CHONG in the USA

Classification	Total	Percent
White (Hispanic)	890	6.86
Mixed Race	715	5.51
White (Caucasian)	419	3.23
Black/African American	205	1.58
Asian/Pacific	10,740	82.77
Native American/Alaskan	6	0.05

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

Similar names to CHONG

The following names have similar spellings or pronunciations as CHONG.

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.