Heung Surname
Approximately 5,498 people bear this surname
Heung Surname User-submission:
This surname means 'flourishing', 'blood red'.
It derived from the Shang Dynasty, the second dynasty, also called the Yin dynasty.
It is written as 殷 in Chinese.
Heung Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hong Kong | 4,807 | 1:1,526 | 138 |
| United States | 204 | 1:1,776,759 | 116,838 |
| Canada | 197 | 1:187,033 | 18,476 |
| Singapore | 60 | 1:91,795 | 3,674 |
| Malaysia | 53 | 1:556,495 | 27,316 |
| Australia | 48 | 1:562,410 | 41,290 |
| China | 38 | 1:35,982,146 | 1,905 |
| England | 36 | 1:1,547,724 | 66,012 |
| South Korea | 18 | 1:2,846,681 | 560 |
| United Arab Emirates | 14 | 1:654,448 | 24,061 |
| Germany | 2 | 1:40,252,730 | 481,636 |
| Indonesia | 2 | 1:66,124,597 | 756,638 |
| Thailand | 2 | 1:35,319,172 | 966,191 |
| Brazil | 2 | 1:107,037,166 | 1,031,150 |
| Argentina | 2 | 1:21,371,707 | 253,176 |
| Taiwan | 1 | 1:23,444,746 | 93,622 |
| Switzerland | 1 | 1:8,212,915 | 156,297 |
| Sweden | 1 | 1:9,846,757 | 347,448 |
| Kuwait | 1 | 1:3,800,694 | 27,187 |
| Netherlands | 1 | 1:16,887,176 | 156,465 |
| Macau | 1 | 1:601,630 | 1,582 |
| Liechtenstein | 1 | 1:38,378 | 1,726 |
| Laos | 1 | 1:6,588,323 | 1,961 |
| Ireland | 1 | 1:4,708,939 | 29,543 |
| Jamaica | 1 | 1:2,869,947 | 13,896 |
| Cambodia | 1 | 1:15,487,146 | 14,824 |
| Bangladesh | 1 | 1:159,356,773 | 26,077 |
| Afghanistan | 1 | 1:32,153,183 | 60,828 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 10 | 1:5,021,868 | 210,693 |
Heung (2,446) may also be a first name.
Heung Surname Meaning
User-submitted Reference
This surname means 'flourishing', 'blood red'.
It derived from the Shang Dynasty, the second dynasty, also called the Yin dynasty.
It is written as 殷 in Chinese.
- claudianiyHeung Demographics
Average Heung Salary in
United States
$59,716 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Heung Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Heung Come From? nationality or country of origin
Heung is found most frequently in Hong Kong. It may also appear in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of Heung click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Heung? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 87,491st most widely held last name on a worldwide basis, borne by around 1 in 1,325,490 people. This surname is mostly found in Asia, where 91 percent of Heung live; 88 percent live in East Asia and 88 percent live in Sino-East Asia. Heung is also the 149,634th most commonly used first name globally, held by 2,446 people.
The last name is most prevalent in Hong Kong, where it is held by 4,807 people, or 1 in 1,526. Besides Hong Kong this surname is found in 27 countries. It also occurs in The United States, where 4 percent are found and Canada, where 4 percent are found.
Heung Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The occurrence of Heung has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people who held the Heung surname increased 2,040 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Heung Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States those holding the Heung last name are 1.51% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than The US average, with 51.72% being registered to vote for the political party.
The amount Heung earn in different countries varies somewhat. In United States they earn 38.39% more than the national average, earning $59,716 USD per year and in Canada they earn 24.53% more than the national average, earning $61,872 CAD per year.
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Footnotes
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