Cheng ( surname ) - wikipedia Cheng ( surname ) Cheng 程 and 成, the two most common Chinese surnames with pinyin romanisation `` Cheng '' Origin Region of origin China Other names Variant ( s ) Zheng, Ching Cheng ( / tʃ əŋ / ) can be a transcription of one of several Chinese surnames. Since the syllable Cheng represents different sounds in Hanyu pinyin and the Wade -- Giles systems of Chinese romanization, some ambiguity will exist as to which sound is represented by the letters `` Cheng '' if the romanisation and tone is not known. Also within each system of romanisation, each syllable can represent one of several different characters, as with any Chinese syllable. In the pinyin system of romanization ( usually used in China ), the most common surnames romanized as Cheng are 程 and 成. In names romanized in Wade -- Giles ( usually used in Taiwan ), Cheng is most commonly a transcription of 鄭 / 郑 ( pinyin Zhèng ). Further confusion arises because Wade -- Giles often appears without the required apostrophes ( which indicates aspiration ), and thus some Wade -- Giles names which are properly romanized Ch'eng ( such as 程 pinyin Chéng ) will appear as Cheng. Contents 1 Notable people surnamed 程 2 Notable people surnamed 成 3 Notable people surnamed 鄭 4 Others Notable people surnamed 程 Cheng Bing, official of Eastern Wu in the Three Kingdoms period Cheng Pu, general serving under the warlord Sun Quan in the late Eastern Han dynasty Cheng Yu, official serving under the warlord Cao Cao in the late Eastern Han dynasty Cheng Hong, spouse of Chinese Premier Li Keqiang, an English professor at the Capital University of Economics and Business Cheng Qian, a Chinese military general in the late 1910s Brian Ching, an American - born Chinese football player Ch'eng Mao - yün, composer Ching Cheong ( Cheng Xiang ), Chinese journalist with the Singapore newspaper The Straits Times, imprisoned in China for five years on charges of espionage François Cheng, French writer, poet and calligrapher Henry Thia, Singaporean actor and comedian Willard Cheng, ABS - CBN News and Current Affairs Malacañang correspondent Woeser ( Han name Cheng Wensa ( 程 文 萨 ) ), Tibetan poet and essayist John S. Chen ( 程守宗 ), CEO of Blackberry Chung Ling Soo, ( 程連蘇 ) stage name of the American magician William Ellsworth Robinson Notable people surnamed 成 Cheng Dechen, general of the Chu state in the Spring and Autumn period Notable people surnamed 鄭 See Zheng ( surname ) Others Ren - Chang Ching ( 1898 -- 1986 ), botanist specialist of pteridophytes Surname list This page lists people with the surname Cheng. If an internal link intending to refer to a specific person led you to this page, you may wish to change that link by adding the person 's given name ( s ) to the link. Retrieved from `` https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Cheng_(surname)&oldid=840154393 '' Categories : Surnames Chinese - language surnames Hidden categories : Articles with short description All set index articles Talk Contents About Wikipedia Русский Edit links This page was last edited on 8 May 2018, at 02 : 25. About Wikipedia

Question: where does the last name cheng come from
Answer: Chinese