Sheng

Sheng is the 11,749th most common surname in the United States, shared by 2,551 people at the 2020 census. That is about one person in 117,000.

By the numbers

People: 2,551
Rank: 11,749th
How common: 1 in 117,000
Per 100,000: 0.85

Who bears the name

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

Asian or Pacific Islander, not Hispanic 93.4%
White, not Hispanic 2.9%
Two or more races, not Hispanic 2.2%
Hispanic or Latino 0.9%
Black, not Hispanic 0.6%

1 category is not listed because nobody with this surname reported that background.

Notable people called Sheng

Bi Sheng (1000–1051)inventor and printer
Sheng Shicai (1897–1970)Chinese warlord
Kang Sheng (1898–1975)Chinese politician
Lei Sheng (born 1984)Chinese foil fencer
Chen Sheng (250 BC–207 BC)Qin Dynasty rebel
Sheng Lihao (born 2004)Chinese sport shooter
Sheng Zetian (born 1972)Chinese Olympic wrestler
Alexander Fu Sheng (1954–1983)Hong Kong actor

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

Surnames like Sheng

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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.