Cheng Forename
208th
Most Common
name in the World
Approximately 2,590,082 people bear this name
Most prevalent in:
China
Highest density in:
Macau
Cheng Forename User-submission:
The name Cheng comes from the Chinese root word 程 (chéng), which means 'journey' or 'process'. Variants of the name include Zheng or Cheung.
Cheng Forename Distribution
| Place | Gender | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| China | - | 2,455,024 | 1:556 | 36 |
| Malaysia | 68% | 36,866 | 1:826 | 54 |
| Cambodia | 50% | 31,989 | 1:509 | 100 |
| Singapore | 69% | 26,511 | 1:237 | 16 |
| United States | 77% | 9,925 | 1:36,528 | 2,321 |
| Macau | - | 8,970 | 1:68 | 10 |
| Thailand | 78% | 7,153 | 1:9,795 | 1,606 |
| Taiwan | 92% | 4,243 | 1:5,602 | 1,022 |
| Hong Kong | - | 3,242 | 1:2,391 | 172 |
| Canada | 84% | 1,465 | 1:22,617 | 1,968 |
| Brazil | 75% | 501 | 1:427,617 | 14,805 |
| England | 70% | 403 | 1:137,973 | 4,664 |
| Indonesia | 100% | 402 | 1:641,701 | 45,015 |
| Vietnam | 60% | 356 | 1:260,177 | 1,476 |
| France | 73% | 319 | 1:208,371 | 3,323 |
| Australia | - | 292 | 1:46,773 | 2,279 |
| Philippines | 51% | 259 | 1:409,303 | 14,540 |
| Brunei | 100% | 195 | 1:2,152 | 214 |
| Spain | 83% | 170 | 1:273,706 | 4,755 |
| India | 71% | 169 | 1:7,188,627 | 242,647 |
| South Africa | 92% | 144 | 1:378,699 | 19,834 |
| Suriname | - | 132 | 1:4,188 | 917 |
| Japan | - | 121 | 1:1,057,736 | 15,309 |
| Germany | 85% | 111 | 1:870,972 | 7,247 |
| Netherlands | 77% | 106 | 1:159,454 | 6,676 |
| Mauritius | - | 99 | 1:13,109 | 1,505 |
| New Zealand | - | 95 | 1:47,748 | 2,645 |
| Sweden | 70% | 75 | 1:131,439 | 5,235 |
| Dominican Republic | - | 68 | 1:153,401 | 6,921 |
| Pakistan | 67% | 58 | 1:3,350,994 | 37,942 |
| Ecuador | - | 38 | 1:466,498 | 5,173 |
| Qatar | 82% | 38 | 1:62,358 | 7,477 |
| Scotland | 89% | 36 | 1:148,621 | 2,961 |
| Switzerland | 61% | 33 | 1:248,894 | 5,304 |
| Argentina | 88% | 29 | 1:1,474,939 | 6,414 |
| Hungary | 68% | 28 | 1:349,706 | 1,484 |
| Norway | 60% | 26 | 1:197,397 | 4,991 |
| Paraguay | 93% | 26 | 1:278,339 | 3,780 |
| Russia | 100% | 21 | 1:6,868,272 | 29,833 |
| Costa Rica | 85% | 18 | 1:264,886 | 5,347 |
| Jamaica | - | 18 | 1:160,179 | 5,771 |
| Nigeria | 100% | 16 | 1:11,097,772 | 123,439 |
| Venezuela | 66% | 16 | 1:1,887,618 | 33,763 |
| Finland | 74% | 15 | 1:365,546 | 4,839 |
| Guam | - | 14 | 1:11,475 | 1,503 |
| Panama | 89% | 13 | 1:300,504 | 9,934 |
| Italy | 64% | 12 | 1:5,088,508 | 23,387 |
| Nepal | 89% | 12 | 1:2,373,946 | 34,978 |
| Peru | 75% | 12 | 1:2,649,288 | 24,443 |
| American Samoa | - | 11 | 1:5,077 | 963 |
| Denmark | - | 10 | 1:564,950 | 8,399 |
| Belize | 80% | 9 | 1:39,368 | 3,319 |
| Myanmar | - | 9 | 1:5,772,030 | 1,432 |
| Poland | - | 9 | 1:4,225,235 | 4,388 |
| Tonga | - | 9 | 1:11,937 | 236 |
| Aruba | - | 8 | 1:12,972 | 1,901 |
| South Korea | - | 8 | 1:693,053 | 14,847 |
| Ireland | 83% | 7 | 1:663,360 | 6,774 |
| United Arab Emirates | - | 7 | 1:1,021,713 | 39,786 |
| Wales | 68% | 7 | 1:442,044 | 5,971 |
| Austria | 50% | 6 | 1:1,419,034 | 8,656 |
| Belgium | 71% | 6 | 1:1,915,007 | 18,066 |
| Estonia | 100% | 6 | 1:219,230 | 6,245 |
| Cameroon | 50% | 5 | 1:4,322,101 | 63,776 |
| Chile | 80% | 5 | 1:3,521,442 | 19,163 |
| Curaçao | - | 5 | 1:31,161 | 859 |
| Belarus | 100% | 4 | 1:2,370,596 | 9,928 |
| DR Congo | 100% | 4 | 1:18,456,901 | 95,891 |
| Egypt | 100% | 4 | 1:22,975,236 | 27,891 |
| Portugal | - | 4 | 1:2,602,716 | 8,189 |
| Samoa | - | 4 | 1:48,798 | 712 |
| Saudi Arabia | - | 4 | 1:7,703,141 | 17,485 |
| Vanuatu | - | 4 | 1:65,448 | 976 |
| El Salvador | - | 3 | 1:2,113,929 | 9,538 |
| Mexico | 100% | 3 | 1:41,381,476 | 74,307 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | - | 3 | 1:453,806 | 18,410 |
| Yemen | - | 3 | 1:8,765,584 | 9,038 |
| Greece | 50% | 2 | 1:5,467,274 | 17,678 |
| Lebanon | 100% | 2 | 1:2,813,786 | 13,895 |
| Papua New Guinea | 50% | 2 | 1:4,076,157 | 155,819 |
| Romania | - | 2 | 1:10,025,988 | 47,037 |
| Afghanistan | 100% | 1 | 1:32,623,516 | 66,536 |
| Algeria | - | 1 | 1:38,176,720 | 32,669 |
| Bahrain | - | 1 | 1:1,348,673 | 7,854 |
| Bangladesh | - | 1 | 1:159,461,366 | 36,167 |
| Benin | - | 1 | 1:10,575,843 | 90,010 |
| Czechia | 50% | 1 | 1:10,656,162 | 11,509 |
| Djibouti | - | 1 | 1:915,664 | 2,132 |
| Ethiopia | - | 1 | 1:97,560,133 | 29,608 |
| French Polynesia | - | 1 | 1:277,902 | 3,605 |
| Honduras | - | 1 | 1:8,817,467 | 33,018 |
| Israel | - | 1 | 1:8,402,918 | 45,019 |
| Kazakhstan | 100% | 1 | 1:17,746,845 | 44,366 |
| Kyrgyzstan | - | 1 | 1:5,973,277 | 46,622 |
| Laos | - | 1 | 1:6,586,856 | 1,888 |
| Luxembourg | - | 1 | 1:564,049 | 5,042 |
| Maldives | - | 1 | 1:433,903 | 5,827 |
| Mozambique | - | 1 | 1:27,243,357 | 5,091 |
| Nicaragua | - | 1 | 1:6,018,336 | 34,175 |
| Niger | - | 1 | 1:19,183,994 | 77,442 |
| Oman | - | 1 | 1:4,108,667 | 12,526 |
| Sri Lanka | - | 1 | 1:20,799,087 | 16,824 |
| Swaziland | - | 1 | 1:1,300,177 | 3,374 |
| Turkey | - | 1 | 1:77,801,709 | 91,051 |
Cheng (7,910,012) may also be a surname.
Cheng Forename Meaning
User-submitted Reference
The name Cheng comes from the Chinese root word 程 (chéng), which means 'journey' or 'process'. Variants of the name include Zheng or Cheung.
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Cheng Demographics
Average Cheng Salary in
United States
$52,449 USD
Per year
Rank:
107,700 of 531,972
Percentage of all salaries earned by bearers:
0.00337909
Rank: 2,003 of 532,209
Percentage of national average salary:
120.49%
Sample size: 5,311 (2014)
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
Per month:
$3,596 USD
Per week:
$799 USD
Per day:
$118 USD
Phonetically Similar Names
Cheng Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Cheng in the Russian language | ||
| Ченг | ceng | - |
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