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
Jeong has its highest incidence in North Korea. It can also occur as:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Jeong? popularity and diffusion
It is the 1,743rd most common last name globally, borne by approximately 1 in 23,077 people. The surname Jeong is primarily found 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 prevalent given name throughout the world. It is borne by 11,872 people.
Jeong is most frequently held in North Korea, where it is borne by 296,041 people, or 1 in 85. Other than North Korea this last name occurs in 96 countries. It is also found 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 holding the Jeong surname are 0.78% more likely to be registered Democrats than The US average, with 54.01% registered with 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
- Surnames are taken as the first part of an person's inherited family name, caste, clan name or in some cases patronymic
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