Heng

Heng is the 7,576th most common surname in the United States, shared by 4,229 people at the 2020 census. That is about one person in 70,700.

By the numbers

People: 4,229
Rank: 7,576th
How common: 1 in 70,700
Per 100,000: 1.4

Where the name comes from

Origin Teochew

From romanization of the nan-tws pronunciation Hêng⁵ of Chinese 王, Mandarin Wáng.

Etymology from Wiktionary, used under CC BY-SA 4.0.

Who bears the name

How people with the surname Heng described their own race and Hispanic origin at the 2020 census:

Asian or Pacific Islander, not Hispanic 84.8%
White, not Hispanic 9.8%
Hispanic or Latino 2.6%
Two or more races, not Hispanic 2.5%
Black, not Hispanic 0.3%
American Indian or Alaska Native, not Hispanic 0.05%

Notable people called Heng

Zhang Heng (78–139)Chinese scientist and statesman (78–139)
Heng Samrin (born 1934)Cambodian politician
Cheng Heng (1916–1996)Cambodian politician
Gao Heng (570–577)Northern Qi emperor

People named Heng with articles in the most Wikipedia languages. Data from Wikidata (CC0).

Surnames like Heng

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Source: US Census Bureau, Frequently Occurring Surnames, 2020. The Census describes the file as the surnames borne by 100 or more people; rarer names are not published. The line is not quite exact, and 617 published names come in under it, the smallest at 92 people. Race and Hispanic origin are self-reported. Rates are worked out against the 298.9 million people the file's own figures are calculated on, which is fewer than the census counted in all: the difference is everyone whose surname was too rare to publish.