Sheng Surname
Approximately 1,067,131 people bear this surname
Sheng Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| China | 1,047,480 | 1:1,305 | 136 |
| Singapore | 3,535 | 1:1,558 | 183 |
| Taiwan | 3,282 | 1:7,143 | 153 |
| Thailand | 3,034 | 1:23,282 | 2,090 |
| United States | 2,810 | 1:128,989 | 13,622 |
| Malaysia | 1,883 | 1:15,663 | 1,561 |
| Hong Kong | 1,799 | 1:4,078 | 218 |
| Canada | 575 | 1:64,079 | 7,462 |
| Brunei | 381 | 1:1,099 | 218 |
| Macau | 351 | 1:1,714 | 202 |
| Australia | 315 | 1:85,701 | 9,916 |
| Brazil | 214 | 1:1,000,347 | 35,401 |
| Saudi Arabia | 159 | 1:194,062 | 29,524 |
| United Arab Emirates | 150 | 1:61,082 | 5,863 |
| England | 136 | 1:409,692 | 28,019 |
| France | 126 | 1:527,164 | 72,630 |
| Japan | 116 | 1:1,102,106 | 21,035 |
| Spain | 76 | 1:615,158 | 28,427 |
| New Zealand | 68 | 1:66,593 | 10,133 |
| Germany | 67 | 1:1,201,574 | 78,034 |
| Indonesia | 56 | 1:2,361,593 | 141,864 |
| Philippines | 56 | 1:1,807,825 | 113,961 |
| Iraq | 47 | 1:745,142 | 10,632 |
| Dominican Republic | 39 | 1:267,511 | 9,432 |
| Iran | 37 | 1:2,075,203 | 73,016 |
| Sweden | 32 | 1:307,711 | 21,451 |
| Netherlands | 27 | 1:625,451 | 53,034 |
| India | 25 | 1:30,682,615 | 377,978 |
| South Africa | 22 | 1:2,462,623 | 101,019 |
| Switzerland | 22 | 1:373,314 | 28,226 |
| Suriname | 19 | 1:29,085 | 5,642 |
| Norway | 14 | 1:367,306 | 34,015 |
| Ireland | 14 | 1:336,353 | 12,021 |
| Pakistan | 13 | 1:13,741,837 | 58,392 |
| Estonia | 12 | 1:110,150 | 19,471 |
| Ecuador | 11 | 1:1,445,986 | 17,636 |
| Austria | 10 | 1:851,544 | 67,454 |
| Finland | 9 | 1:610,745 | 34,002 |
| Israel | 8 | 1:1,069,704 | 62,476 |
| Cameroon | 8 | 1:2,596,134 | 118,056 |
| Denmark | 7 | 1:806,388 | 43,211 |
| Vietnam | 7 | 1:13,235,151 | 2,948 |
| Italy | 6 | 1:10,192,781 | 121,657 |
| South Korea | 6 | 1:8,540,043 | 1,433 |
| Scotland | 5 | 1:1,070,763 | 31,189 |
| Russia | 5 | 1:28,824,611 | 530,332 |
| Nigeria | 4 | 1:44,285,690 | 437,567 |
| Laos | 4 | 1:1,647,081 | 888 |
| Egypt | 4 | 1:22,983,938 | 62,368 |
| Afghanistan | 3 | 1:10,717,728 | 35,605 |
| Wales | 3 | 1:1,031,511 | 34,732 |
| Chile | 2 | 1:8,808,237 | 65,417 |
| Belgium | 2 | 1:5,748,322 | 130,559 |
| Peru | 2 | 1:15,892,062 | 51,966 |
| Oman | 2 | 1:1,843,986 | 9,590 |
| Yemen | 2 | 1:13,212,647 | 40,633 |
| Zimbabwe | 2 | 1:7,719,120 | 118,432 |
| Mexico | 2 | 1:62,063,102 | 83,384 |
| Argentina | 1 | 1:42,743,414 | 282,706 |
| Azerbaijan | 1 | 1:9,649,122 | 47,873 |
| Bahrain | 1 | 1:1,348,608 | 10,432 |
| Ukraine | 1 | 1:45,522,696 | 503,646 |
| Tonga | 1 | 1:107,313 | 791 |
| Belize | 1 | 1:355,474 | 3,977 |
| Bolivia | 1 | 1:10,616,434 | 17,077 |
| Bulgaria | 1 | 1:6,978,905 | 86,260 |
| Cambodia | 1 | 1:15,487,146 | 14,824 |
| East Timor | 1 | 1:1,215,928 | 507 |
| Sri Lanka | 1 | 1:20,808,560 | 18,521 |
| Dominica | 1 | 1:75,891 | 912 |
| Myanmar | 1 | 1:51,937,985 | 2,166 |
| Ethiopia | 1 | 1:97,546,262 | 29,669 |
| Gambia | 1 | 1:1,923,451 | 1,043 |
| Hungary | 1 | 1:9,816,277 | 73,288 |
| Qatar | 1 | 1:2,357,999 | 76,403 |
| Poland | 1 | 1:38,008,749 | 231,653 |
| Kazakhstan | 1 | 1:17,682,496 | 204,010 |
| Panama | 1 | 1:3,912,258 | 17,195 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
| Lebanon | 1 | 1:5,637,083 | 32,436 |
| Mauritius | 1 | 1:1,293,417 | 16,552 |
| Niger | 1 | 1:19,192,017 | 110,060 |
| Mozambique | 1 | 1:27,261,569 | 7,432 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 4 | 1:12,554,671 | 503,821 |
Sheng (16,682) may also be a first name.
Sheng Demographics
Average Male Sheng Height
171.76 cm
Sample is predominantly from Anglosphere countries
Sheng Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Sheng Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Sheng (Arabic: شنغ, Marathi: सींग, Russian: Шенг) is carried by more people in China than any other country/territory. It may also occur as:. For other possible spellings of Sheng click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Sheng? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 499th most frequent surname on earth, borne by approximately 1 in 6,829 people. It is primarily found in Asia, where 100 percent of Sheng live; 99 percent live in East Asia and 99 percent live in Sino-East Asia. It is also the 43,109th most common first name internationally. It is borne by 16,682 people.
This surname is most widespread in China, where it is carried by 1,047,480 people, or 1 in 1,305. Excluding China this surname occurs in 82 countries. It is also common in Singapore, where 0 percent are found and Taiwan, where 0 percent are found.
Sheng Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The incidence of Sheng has changed over time. In The United States the number of people bearing the Sheng last name increased 70,250 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Sheng Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States those holding the Sheng last name are 0.52% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than the national average, with 53.75% being registered to vote for the party.
The amount Sheng earn in different countries varies greatly. In Peru they earn 61% less than the national average, earning S/. 7,560 per year; in South Africa they earn 48.89% more than the national average, earning R 353,808 per year; in United States they earn 25.71% more than the national average, earning $54,244 USD per year and in Canada they earn 30.25% more than the national average, earning $64,713 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Sheng Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Sheng in the Marathi language | ||
| सींग | singa | - |
| Sheng in the Russian language | ||
| Шенг | seng | - |
| Sheng in the Arabic language | ||
| شنغ | shngh | - |
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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
- Name distribution statistics are generated from a global database of over 4 billion people - more information
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- 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 Sheng
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