Jeong Surname
Approximately 315,786 people bear this surname
Jeong Surname User-submission:
This surname was adopted by the decedent of the Zheng Dynasty, a small warring state during the Spring and Autumn Period of Ancient China.
Jeong Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| North Korea | 296,041 | 1:85 | 17 |
| United States | 5,619 | 1:64,506 | 7,544 |
| South Korea | 5,539 | 1:9,251 | 104 |
| Thailand | 3,059 | 1:23,092 | 2,068 |
| Singapore | 1,040 | 1:5,296 | 348 |
| Canada | 904 | 1:40,758 | 5,081 |
| Hong Kong | 647 | 1:11,338 | 331 |
| Australia | 631 | 1:42,782 | 5,439 |
| Japan | 312 | 1:409,757 | 13,044 |
| United Arab Emirates | 252 | 1:36,358 | 3,839 |
| New Zealand | 243 | 1:18,635 | 3,271 |
| Brazil | 226 | 1:947,232 | 33,775 |
| China | 133 | 1:10,280,613 | 645 |
| Malaysia | 119 | 1:247,851 | 14,049 |
| Germany | 109 | 1:738,582 | 55,640 |
| Indonesia | 86 | 1:1,537,781 | 102,932 |
| England | 73 | 1:763,261 | 41,903 |
| Spain | 69 | 1:677,566 | 30,057 |
| Kuwait | 58 | 1:65,529 | 7,566 |
| Dominican Republic | 54 | 1:193,202 | 7,170 |
| Philippines | 45 | 1:2,249,738 | 125,194 |
| Qatar | 41 | 1:57,512 | 5,907 |
| France | 40 | 1:1,660,568 | 152,033 |
| Russia | 34 | 1:4,238,913 | 201,756 |
| Italy | 30 | 1:2,038,556 | 89,453 |
| Ecuador | 28 | 1:568,066 | 11,415 |
| South Africa | 25 | 1:2,167,108 | 94,352 |
| Vietnam | 23 | 1:4,028,089 | 2,356 |
| India | 22 | 1:34,866,608 | 408,224 |
| Sweden | 21 | 1:468,893 | 33,666 |
| Chile | 20 | 1:880,824 | 18,509 |
| Netherlands | 17 | 1:993,363 | 65,241 |
| Myanmar | 16 | 1:3,246,124 | 792 |
| Guam | 16 | 1:10,008 | 1,526 |
| Belgium | 15 | 1:766,443 | 63,354 |
| Kazakhstan | 13 | 1:1,360,192 | 71,840 |
| Denmark | 10 | 1:564,472 | 34,222 |
| Ghana | 9 | 1:3,002,299 | 11,581 |
| American Samoa | 8 | 1:6,970 | 1,431 |
| Argentina | 8 | 1:5,342,927 | 168,491 |
| Hungary | 8 | 1:1,227,035 | 53,030 |
| Switzerland | 7 | 1:1,173,274 | 69,697 |
| Norway | 7 | 1:734,612 | 50,907 |
| Cambodia | 7 | 1:2,212,449 | 7,503 |
| Taiwan | 6 | 1:3,907,458 | 23,065 |
| Saudi Arabia | 4 | 1:7,713,954 | 37,548 |
| Swaziland | 4 | 1:324,550 | 996 |
| Mexico | 4 | 1:31,031,551 | 63,627 |
| Kenya | 4 | 1:11,544,975 | 62,419 |
| Bangladesh | 4 | 1:39,839,193 | 17,324 |
| Bahrain | 4 | 1:337,152 | 6,054 |
| Poland | 4 | 1:9,502,187 | 181,606 |
| Egypt | 4 | 1:22,983,938 | 62,368 |
| Slovakia | 4 | 1:1,334,112 | 94,300 |
| Uzbekistan | 4 | 1:7,732,286 | 43,643 |
| Scotland | 3 | 1:1,784,606 | 41,943 |
| Ireland | 3 | 1:1,569,646 | 17,286 |
| Colombia | 3 | 1:15,924,691 | 28,711 |
| Oman | 2 | 1:1,843,986 | 9,590 |
| Tanzania | 2 | 1:26,470,806 | 111,653 |
| Turkey | 2 | 1:38,910,711 | 171,901 |
| Wales | 2 | 1:1,547,266 | 39,871 |
| Afghanistan | 2 | 1:16,076,592 | 43,178 |
| Austria | 2 | 1:4,257,718 | 99,224 |
| Israel | 2 | 1:4,278,817 | 136,311 |
| Finland | 2 | 1:2,748,351 | 72,663 |
| Greece | 1 | 1:11,079,790 | 145,225 |
| Iran | 1 | 1:76,782,524 | 277,718 |
| Georgia | 1 | 1:3,745,545 | 47,852 |
| Sri Lanka | 1 | 1:20,808,560 | 18,521 |
| Fiji | 1 | 1:894,391 | 4,568 |
| Ethiopia | 1 | 1:97,546,262 | 29,669 |
| Estonia | 1 | 1:1,321,804 | 40,178 |
| DR Congo | 1 | 1:73,879,570 | 260,543 |
| Czechia | 1 | 1:10,633,469 | 206,023 |
| Bulgaria | 1 | 1:6,978,905 | 86,260 |
| Brunei | 1 | 1:418,731 | 3,893 |
| Botswana | 1 | 1:2,186,929 | 30,250 |
| Angola | 1 | 1:26,989,214 | 11,853 |
| Algeria | 1 | 1:38,631,551 | 130,422 |
| Panama | 1 | 1:3,912,258 | 17,195 |
| Malta | 1 | 1:430,272 | 3,380 |
| Nicaragua | 1 | 1:6,021,090 | 8,768 |
| Niger | 1 | 1:19,192,017 | 110,060 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 1:177,142,758 | 748,972 |
| Madagascar | 1 | 1:23,649,837 | 9,420 |
| Macau | 1 | 1:601,630 | 1,582 |
| Luxembourg | 1 | 1:580,542 | 15,155 |
| Pakistan | 1 | 1:178,643,885 | 213,220 |
| Haiti | 1 | 1:10,683,907 | 24,607 |
| Lithuania | 1 | 1:3,034,588 | 47,401 |
| Laos | 1 | 1:6,588,323 | 1,961 |
| Portugal | 1 | 1:10,418,241 | 25,048 |
| Kyrgyzstan | 1 | 1:5,972,654 | 99,197 |
| Jordan | 1 | 1:8,842,437 | 26,010 |
| Iraq | 1 | 1:35,021,654 | 31,813 |
| Namibia | 1 | 1:2,409,401 | 19,676 |
Jeong (11,872) may also be a first name.
Jeong Surname Meaning
User-submitted Reference
This surname was adopted by the decedent of the Zheng Dynasty, a small warring state during the Spring and Autumn Period of Ancient China.
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Jeong Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Jeong Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Jeong is found most frequently in North Korea. It may also occur as:. For other potential spellings of Jeong click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Jeong? popularity and diffusion
Jeong is the 1,743rd most frequently used family name worldwide. It is borne by around 1 in 23,077 people. This last name occurs mostly in Asia, where 97 percent of Jeong reside; 96 percent reside in East Asia and 96 percent reside in Koreanic Asia. It is also the 54,609th most commonly held first name worldwide, held by 11,872 people.
This surname is most numerous in North Korea, where it is borne by 296,041 people, or 1 in 85. Outside of North Korea this surname exists in 96 countries. It is also common in The United States, where 2 percent reside and South Korea, where 2 percent reside.
Jeong Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States those bearing the Jeong surname are 0.78% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than The US average, with 54.01% registered to vote for the political party.
The amount Jeong earn in different countries varies greatly. In Peru they earn 262.3% more than the national average, earning S/. 70,232 per year; in South Africa they earn 13.41% more than the national average, earning R 269,496 per year; in United States they earn 16.18% more than the national average, earning $50,131 USD per year and in Canada they earn 13.61% more than the national average, earning $56,444 CAD per year.
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Footnotes
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