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Is Cheng a Male or Female Name?

Cheng is a unisex name

Gender Distribution

The gender distribution of people named Cheng globally is 62.8% males and 37.2% females. The country with the highest male ratio is St. Lucia with 87.0% and the country with the highest female ratio is Hong Kong SAR China with 41.9%

Bar chart showing gender ratios of people named Cheng in percentages: Globally: 62.8% males, 37.2% females, Malaysia: 59.0% males, 41.0% females, China: 74.9% males, 25.1% females, Hong Kong SAR China: 58.1% males, 41.9% females, United States: 80.2% males, 19.8% females, Taiwan: 76.6% males, 23.4% females, Singapore: 66.9% males, 33.1% females, St. Lucia: 87.0% males, 13.0% females, Canada: 73.3% males, 26.7% females, United Kingdom: 71.3% males, 28.7% females

Age Distribution

The largest group of people named Cheng are 18-24 years old, making up 24.4% of people with the name. The smallest group are aged 25-34.

Doughnut chart showing the proportion of people named Cheng in each age group: 18-24: 24.4%, 25-34: 11.9%, 35-44: 20.7%, 45-54: 17.5%, 55-64: 12.9%, 65+: 12.7%

Popular Countries

The country with the largest proportion of people named Cheng is Taiwan with 0.1587% of the population. Following is Hong Kong SAR China and St. Lucia.

Historic Popularity

The historic popularity of the name Cheng measured by the global proportion of people with the given name.

Line chart showing global proportion of people named Cheng year over year: 1956: 0.0023‰, 1957: 0.0014‰, 1958: 0.0008‰, 1959: 0.0015‰, 1960: 0.0011‰, 1961: 0.0017‰, 1962: 0.001‰, 1963: 0.0011‰, 1964: 0.0015‰, 1965: 0.0021‰, 1966: 0.0016‰, 1967: 0.0015‰, 1968: 0.0019‰, 1969: 0.0017‰, 1970: 0.0015‰, 1971: 0.0025‰, 1972: 0.0025‰, 1973: 0.0021‰, 1974: 0.002‰, 1975: 0.0023‰, 1976: 0.0024‰, 1977: 0.0017‰, 1978: 0.0019‰, 1979: 0.0024‰, 1980: 0.0022‰, 1981: 0.0022‰, 1982: 0.0023‰, 1983: 0.0018‰, 1984: 0.0024‰, 1985: 0.0028‰, 1986: 0.0027‰, 1987: 0.003‰, 1988: 0.0034‰, 1989: 0.0022‰, 1990: 0.0017‰, 1991: 0.0017‰, 1992: 0.0014‰, 1993: 0.001‰, 1994: 0.0007‰, 1995: 0.0008‰, 1996: 0.0018‰, 1997: 0.0009‰, 1998: 0.0024‰, 1999: 0.0033‰, 2000: 0.0027‰, 2001: 0.0061‰

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