Last Name WONG

Summary/Contribute


Meaning This is the most common Chinese surname. It means: King, ruler.
Origin Chinese, Jewish, Norwegian, Indonesian, Guam

Rank 277 (2000 US census) 459 (1990 US census)
Count 99,392 (2000 US census)

Race / ethnic distribution

The 2000 US Census claims that
  • 3.33%, or 3310 total occurrences, of those with this family name identified themselves as being white,
  • 0.71%, or 706 total occurrences, as black,
  • 88.5%, or 87962 total occurrences, as Asian and Pacific Islander,
  • 0.05%, or 50 total occurrences, as American Indian and Native Alaskan,
  • 4.39%, or 4363 total occurrences, as two or more races, and
  • 3.02%, or 3002 total occurrences, as Hispanic ethnic origin.


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