Chong (surname) explained

As a surname, Chong may refer to:

• Hakka romanizations of the Chinese surnames Zhang (trad. Chinese: {{linktext|張, simp. Chinese: {{linktext|张), Zhang (Chinese: {{linktext|章) and Zhuang (t Chinese: {{linktext|莊, s Chinese: {{linktext|庄)
• Cantonese and Gan romanizations of the Chinese surnames Zhang (trad. Chinese: {{linktext|張, simp. Chinese: {{linktext|张) and Zhang (Chinese: {{linktext|章)
• a variant Minnan romanization of the Chinese surname Zheng (t Chinese: {{linktext|鄭, s Chinese: {{linktext|郑)
• a Cantonese romanization of the Chinese surnames Zhong (t Chinese: {{linktext|鍾, s Chinese: {{linktext|钟) and Zhong (Chinese: {{linktext|崇)
• Cantonese and Gan romanizations of the Chinese surname Zhuang (t Chinese: {{linktext|莊, s Chinese: {{linktext|庄)
• the McCune–Reischauer romanization of the Korean surname Jeong (Korean: 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 2000 United States 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, Malaysian politician
• Gordon Chong, Toronto politician
• Hon. Ida Chong, Canadian politician
• Ping Chong, American director, choreographer, and artist
• Chong Fah Cheong, Singaporean artist

章

• Chong Eng, Malaysian politician
• Chong Kah Kiat, Malaysian politician

鄭 and 郑

• Denise Chong, Canadian economist

鍾 and 钟

• Annabel Chong, stage name of Grace Quek, Singaporean-born American pornographic actress

莊 and 庄

• Kevin Chong, Hong Kong-born Canadian author
• Marcus Chong né Marcus Wyatt, adopted son of Tommy Chong, American actor
• Hon. Michael Chong, Canadian politician
• Michelle Chong (born 1977), Singaporean actress and director
• Peter Chong (criminal), former leader of the Wo Hop To syndicate
• Rae Dawn Chong, daughter of Tommy Chong, Canadian actress
• Robbi Chong, daughter of Tommy Chong, Canadian actress and model
• Tommy Chong (born 1938), Canadian-born American comedian and actor
• Elkie Chong (born 1998), Hong Kong singer, dancer, member of the South Korean group CLC

Unknown

• Cecile Chong, American artist
• Christina Chong, British actress
• Daniel Chong, American animator
• Guillermo Chong, Chilean geologist
• Jason Chong, Australian actor
• John Chong, Hong Kong film producer and presenter
• John Chong (beekeeper), Singaporean beekeeper
• Kristian Chong, 21st-century Australian concert pianist
• Miguel Ángel Osorio Chong, Mexican politician
• Pono Chong, Hawaiian politician
• Susien Chong, fashion designer
• Tahith Chong, professional association football player

Notes and References

1. [Statistics Singapore]
2. [US Census Bureau]
3. Shah . B. R. . Chiu . M. . Amin . S. . Ramani . M. . Sadry . S. . Tu . J. V. . 10.1186/1471-2288-10-42 . Surname lists to identify South Asian and Chinese ethnicity from secondary data in Ontario, Canada: A validation study . BMC Medical Research Methodology . 10 . 42 . 2010 . 20470433. 2877682 . free .