The surname Bong
A surname, carried by 1,208 people in the United States.
1 syllable Soundex B520
How common it is
2010 US Census
There were 1,208 people named Bong in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 255,584 Americans. That is up 15% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,051.
#21,599
rank among US surnames
1,208
people in 2010
0.4
per 100,000 Americans
+14.9%
change since 2000 (was #22,783)
Who is named Bong
Race and Hispanic origin as people reported it in the 2010 Census
50% of people named Bong identified as white (not Hispanic), 44% as Asian and Pacific Islander and 2.1% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
- White (not Hispanic) 50%
- Asian and Pacific Islander 44%
- Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.1%
- Two or more races 2.1%
- Black (not Hispanic) 1.7%
- American Indian and Alaska Native 0.8%
Spellings and sound-alikes
Useful when a record has your ancestor under another spelling
Bong has the Soundex code B520, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code B520.
Questions
- How common is the surname Bong?
- 1,208 people in the United States had the surname Bong in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 255,584 Americans. It ranked 21,599th of 162,253 surnames.
- What ethnicity is the surname Bong?
- In the 2010 Census, 50% of people named Bong identified as white (not Hispanic), and 44% as Asian and Pacific Islander.
- Is the surname Bong getting more or less common?
- More common. 1,051 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,208 in 2010, up 15%.