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Cheng World Ranking

the United States, the name Cheng is the 2,460th most popular surname with an estimated 12,435 people with that name. 1 However, in Canada, the name Cheng is ranked the 357th most popular surname with an estimated 12,681 people with that name. 2 And in Australia, the name Cheng is the 695th popular surname with an estimated 5,643 people with that name. 3 New Zealand ranks Cheng as 938th with 794 people. 4

Contemporary Notables of the name Cheng (post 1700) +

  • Claudine Cheng, American Democratic Party politician, Alternate Delegate to Democratic National Convention from California, 1996 5
  • Jiao Cheng (b. 1994), Chinese Paralympian swimmer, gold medalist at the 2026 Paralympics, silver at the 2020 Paralympics and bronze at the 2024 Paralympics
  • Yujie Cheng (b. 2005), Chinese freestyle swimmer who competed in the 2020 and 2024 Summer Olympics
  • Betty Chew Gek Cheng (b. 1964), Malaysian politician known as Betty Chew
  1. "What are the 5,000 Most Common Last Names in the U.S.?". NameCensus.com, https://namecensus.com/last-names/
  2. "Surnames Meanings, Origins & Distribution Maps - Forebears." Forebears, https://forebears.io/surnames
  3. "Most Common Last Names in Australia." Forebears, https://forebears.io/australia/surnames
  4. "Most Common Last Names in New Zealand." Forebears, https://forebears.io/new-zealand/surnames
  5. The Political Graveyard: Alphabetical Name Index. (Retrieved 2016, January 12) . Retrieved from http://politicalgraveyard.com/alpha/index.html

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