Cheung

English

Etymology

From Cantonese 張／张 (zoeng¹), 章 (zoeng¹) or 蔣／蒋 (zoeng²). Doublet of Zhang and Chang.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /t͡ʃɪˈʌŋ/, /t͡ʃʌŋ/, /t͡ʃuːŋ/
• (Hong Kong) IPA^(key): [t͡ʃœŋ]

Proper noun

Cheung (plural Cheungs)

1. A surname.
   • 2021 September 8, Kelly Ho, “Hong Kong democrat Sam Cheung, detained awaiting security law trial, welcomes newborn son”, in Hong Kong Free Press‎^[1], archived from the original on 3 November 2021, Hong Kong:

     Hong Kong former district councillor Sam Cheung has welcomed a baby boy into the world whilst the democrat is in custody awaiting a start date for his national security law trial. […]
     In the review of Cheung’s bail status on March 15, Senior Counsel Lawrence Lok mentioned the pregnancy of Cheung’s wife as one of the reasons why the activist had “minimal chances” of re-offending or continuing to offend against the Beijing-imposed security law.

Statistics

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Cheung is the 1920^th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 18765 individuals. Cheung is most common among Asian/Pacific Islander (95.13%) individuals.