# Auyeung (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/auyeung/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. Counts from the US Census Bureau; origin and etymology from Wiktionary; bearers from Wikidata. Data updated 2026-11-11.

A Chinese surname from Cantonese.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | Chinese |
| Type | not recorded |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 1,333 |
| US rank (2010) | 20,057 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 231,617 people |
| Change since 2000 | +15% (1,161 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | Ouyeung, Auyoung, Ouyoung, Auyong, Ouyong, Oyeung, Oyoung, Oyong, Ouyang, Oyang |

## Etymology

Borrowed from Cantonese 歐陽 /欧阳 (au¹ joeng⁴).

## Who carries it

Share of people named Auyeung in the 2010 US Census by the Census's own race and ethnicity groups. The Census suppresses a share when the count behind it is small.

| Group | Share |
|---|---|
| White (not Hispanic) | 2.5% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 0.4% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 96% |
| Two or more races | 1.1% |

## Similar surnames

Amos, Ames, Amezcua, Amick, Annis, Ang, Amico, Aung, Amis, Ange, Amescua.

## How to read these numbers

A Census count is people alive and counted in 2010, not births, and names occurring fewer than 100 times are not published at all. Ethnicity shares are the Census's own categories.