Chingchong Surname
Approximately 8 people bear this surname
Chingchong Surname User-submission:
The surname Chingchong is used as a Chinese stereotype. It comes from ching and chong. The word ching comes from a geographical locality, meaning 'at the chine'. A chine was a crevice or chasm, compare Black Gang Chine, or Shanklin Chine.
Read More About This SurnameChingchong Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 3 | 1:120,819,644 | 1,331,040 |
| Canada | 1 | 1:36,845,591 | 464,108 |
| India | 1 | 1:767,065,382 | 1,851,717 |
| New Zealand | 1 | 1:4,528,323 | 55,372 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
| Uganda | 1 | 1:39,039,279 | 258,887 |
Chingchong (20) may also be a first name.
Chingchong Surname Meaning
User-submitted Reference
The surname Chingchong is used as a Chinese stereotype. It comes from ching and chong. The word ching comes from a geographical locality, meaning 'at the chine'. A chine was a crevice or chasm, compare Black Gang Chine, or Shanklin Chine. The word chong comes from the Mandarin word zhang, but the pronunciation is changed, as the word is different in the Hokchew dialect. The word zhang (and therefore diong) means 'piece of'.
- yusufoliaChingchong Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Chingchong Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Chingchong is borne by more people in The United States than any other country/territory. It can also occur as:. For other possible spellings of Chingchong click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Chingchong? popularity and diffusion
The surname Chingchong is the 6,723,624th most frequently occurring family name on a worldwide basis, held by around 1 in 910,943,240 people. This last name occurs mostly in The Americas, where 50 percent of Chingchong live; 50 percent live in North America and 50 percent live in Anglo-North America. Chingchong is also the 2,446,817th most commonly used given name throughout the world, borne by 20 people.
This surname is most commonly held in The United States, where it is carried by 3 people, or 1 in 120,819,644. In The United States it is primarily found in: California, where 33 percent live, New York, where 33 percent live and Oregon, where 33 percent live. Besides The United States this last name occurs in 5 countries. It is also common in Canada, where 13 percent live and India, where 13 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
Search for Another Surname
The name statistics are still in development, sign up for information on more maps and data
Footnotes
- Surnames are taken as the first part of an person's inherited family name, caste, clan name or in some cases patronymic
- Descriptions may contain details on the name's etymology, origin, ethnicity and history. They are largely reproduced from 3rd party sources; diligence is advised on accepting their validity - more information
- Name distribution statistics are generated from a global database of over 4 billion people - more information
- Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
- Rank: Name are ranked by incidence using the ordinal ranking method; the name that occurs the most is assigned a rank of 1; name that occur less frequently receive an incremented rank; if two or more name occur the same number of times they are assigned the same rank and successive rank is incremented by the total preceeding names
- Ethnic group cannot necessarily be determined by geographic occurrence
- Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Chingchong
- To find out more about this surname's family history, lookup records on FamilySearch, MyHeritage, FindMyPast and Ancestry. Further information may be obtained by DNA analysis