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Cheng can be a transcription of one of many Chinese surnames. Since a syllable Cheng is different sounds inside Hanyu pinyin and the Wade-Giles systems of Chinese romanization, some ambiguity may survive when to what character is represented per letters "Cheng".

inside name only romanized in Wade-Giles (normally victims from either Taiwan), Cheng is virtually all usually the transcription of 鄭/郑 (pinyin Zhèng).

Farther confusion arises because Wade-Giles typically appears while forgoing a expected apostrophes, & so occasionally Wade-Giles list which are then properly romanized ''Ch'eng (like 程) may pop up when Cheng.

within the pinyin rules of romanization (unremarkably utilized in mainland China), Cheng'' will unremarkably represent a last name 程 (pinyin Chéng).

Famous people named 鄭/郑:
See Zheng (surname)

Famous people named 程:
François Cheng, French writer, poet and calligrapher Ch'eng Mao-yün, composer