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.
- tang5424Jeong Demographics
Average Male Jeong Height
173.62 cm
Average Female Jeong Height
168.33 cm
Sample is predominantly from Anglosphere countries
Jeong Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Jeong Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Jeong is carried by more people in North Korea than any other country or territory. It can also be found as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Jeong? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 1,743rd most widely held family name globally It is held by around 1 in 23,077 people. Jeong occurs predominantly in Asia, where 97 percent of Jeong live; 96 percent live in East Asia and 96 percent live in Koreanic Asia. Jeong is also the 54,609th most frequently used first name internationally It is held by 11,872 people.
The last name is most frequently occurring in North Korea, where it is held by 296,041 people, or 1 in 85. Aside from North Korea Jeong exists in 96 countries. It also occurs in The United States, where 2 percent live and South Korea, where 2 percent live.
Jeong Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States those bearing the Jeong surname are 0.78% more likely to be registered Democrats than the national average, with 54.01% registered with the 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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