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    The surname Aung

    A Burmese surname, carried by 2,175 people in the United States.

    1 syllable Soundex A520

    Aung: #13,884 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Aung #13,884, 2,175 people Aung: #13,884 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Aung #13,884, 2,175 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Aung is more common than 91.4% of them.

    Origin

    Burmese origin

    Borrowed from Burmese အောင် (aung).

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 2,175 people named Aung in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 141,952 Americans. That is up 247% since 2000, when the Census counted 626.

    #13,884
    rank among US surnames
    2,175
    people in 2010
    0.7
    per 100,000 Americans
    +247.4%
    change since 2000 (was #34,259)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #13,883Vandenheuvel2,176141,887
    #13,884Essig2,175141,952
    #13,887Ruggieri2,174142,017
    #13,893Moberly2,173142,083

    Who is named Aung

    Race and Hispanic origin as people reported it in the 2010 Census

    96% of people named Aung identified as Asian and Pacific Islander, 2.0% as two or more races and 1.0% as white (not Hispanic).

    • Asian and Pacific Islander 96%
    • Two or more races 2.0%
    • White (not Hispanic) 1.0%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 0.8%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 0.2%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.2%

    Compare: most common surnames among Asian and Pacific Islander Americans.

    Famous Aungs

    1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

    • MiMi Aung
      American electronic engineer at NASA, born 1968

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Aung

    Aung has the Soundex code A520, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code A520.

    Questions

    Where does the surname Aung come from?
    Borrowed from Burmese အောင် (aung).
    How common is the surname Aung?
    2,175 people in the United States had the surname Aung in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 141,952 Americans. It ranked 13,884th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Aung?
    In the 2010 Census, 96% of people named Aung identified as Asian and Pacific Islander, and 2.0% as two or more races.
    Who is the most famous person named Aung?
    MiMi Aung, American electronic engineer at NASA.
    Where is the surname Aung most common?
    Wikidata records people named Aung in the United States.
    Is the surname Aung getting more or less common?
    More common. 626 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,175 in 2010, up 247%.