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As a surname, Chong may refer to:

Hakka romanizations of the Chinese surnames Zhang (trad. 張, simp. 张), Zhang (章) and Zhuang (t 莊, s 庄)

Cantonese and Gan romanizations of the Chinese surnames Zhang (trad. 張, simp. 张) and Zhang (章)

a variant Minnan romanization of the Chinese surname Zheng (t 鄭, s 郑)

a Cantonese romanization of the Chinese surnames Zhong (t 鍾, s 钟) and Zhong (崇)

Cantonese and Gan romanizations of the Chinese surname Zhuang (t 莊, s 庄)

the McCune–Reischauer romanization of the Korean surname Jeong (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

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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
Susien Chong, fashion designer
Tahith Chong, professional association football player

References

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^ Statistics Singapore. "Popular Chinese Surnames in Singapore".

^ US Census Bureau. 2000 US Census. Op. cit. Butler, Rhett. "Most Common Last Names for Asians and Pacific Islanders in the U.S." 2008. Accessed 16 Apr 2012.

^ Shah, B. R.; Chiu, M.; Amin, S.; Ramani, M.; Sadry, S.; Tu, J. V. (2010). "Surname lists to identify South Asian and Chinese ethnicity from secondary data in Ontario, Canada: A validation study". BMC Medical Research Methodology. 10: 42. doi:10.1186/1471-2288-10-42. PMC 2877682. PMID 20470433.

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