Chong (surname)

As a surname, Chong may refer to:

• Hakka romanizations of the Chinese surnames Zhang (trad. 張, simp. 张), Zhang (章) and Zhuang (t 莊, s 庄)
• Cantonese and Gan romanizations of the Chinese surnames Zhang (trad. 張, simp. 张) and Zhang (章)
• a variant Minnan romanization of the Chinese surname Zheng (t 鄭, s 郑)
• a Cantonese romanization of the Chinese surnames Zhong (t 鍾, s 钟) and Zhong (崇)
• Cantonese and Gan romanizations of the Chinese surname Zhuang (t 莊, s 庄)
• the McCune romanization of the Korean surname Chung (정)

Chong is the 19th-most-common surname among Chinese Singaporeans, with 23,100 bearers in the year 2000.^[1] There were 10,740 Chongs found by the year 2000 US Census, ranking Chong 2,561st most common overall and 96th most common among Asians and Pacific Islanders.^[2] Chong was also listed among the 200-most-common peculiarly Chinese surnames in a 2010 survey of the Registered Persons Database of Canadian health card recipients in the province of Ontario.^[3]

List of persons with the surname

張 and 张 Chong Chieng Jen, Chinese-Malaysian politician Gordon Chong, Toronto politician Hon. Ida Chong, Chinese-Canadian politician Ping Chong, Chinese-American director, choreographer, and artist 章 Chong Eng, Chinese-Malaysian politician Chong Kah Kiat, Chinese-Malaysian politician 鄭 and 郑 Denise Chong, Chinese-Canadian economist Eddie Chong, Chinese Singaporean-American martial artist 鍾 and 钟 Annabel Chong, stage name of Grace Quek, Chinese Singaporean-American pornographic actress Unknown Christina Chong, British actress Jason Chong, Australian actor Miguel Ángel Osorio Chong, Mexican politician Susien Chong, fashion designer Chong Fah Cheong, Chinese-Singaporean artist

莊 and 庄 Kevin Chong, Chinese-Canadian author Marcus Chong né Marcus Wyatt, adopted son of Tommy Chong, American actor Hon. Michael Chong, Chinese-Canadian politician Michelle Chong, Chinese-Singaporean actress and director Peter Chong, former leader of the Wo Hop To syndicate Rae Dawn Chong, daughter of Tommy Chong, Canadian-American actress Robbi Chong, daughter of Tommy Chong, Canadian-American actress and model Tommy Chong (b. 1938), Chinese Canadian-American comedian

References

1. Statistics Singapore. "Popular Chinese Surnames in Singapore".
2. US Census Bureau. 2000 US Census. Op. cit. Butler, Rhett. "Most Common Last Names for Asians and Pacific Islanders in the U.S." 2008. Accessed 16 Apr 2012.
3. Shah, B. R.; Chiu, M.; Amin, S.; Ramani, M.; Sadry, S.; Tu, J. V. (2010). "Surname lists to identify South Asian and Chinese ethnicity from secondary data in Ontario, Canada: A validation study". BMC Medical Research Methodology. 10: 42. doi:10.1186/1471-2288-10-42. PMC 2877682. PMID 20470433.