Given name & surname · also Chinese
Sung
Sung is a surname from Chinese, ultimately from Wade–Giles. It is used in English and Indonesian.
Meaning & origin
Where it comes from
Sung comes from Chinese, and ultimately from Wade–Giles.
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1946. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Sung through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 513
- 444 boys · 69 girls
- Most popular year
- 1989
- 24 babies
- 2025
- 0
- Outside the ranked list
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- —
- Too few births to compare
By the numbers
The most recent published U.S. birth count for girls is 6 in 2011. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for girls was 9 in 1971. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 9,641 as a first name in 2020; 9,033 as a surname in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Sung’s family of names
In English usage, Sung as a surname has a related form in SONG. In English usage, Sung as a surname has a related form in SOONG. In English usage, Sung as a surname has a related form in SOONG.
The ring: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 2
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
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