How common is the surname Chuang?

2,603 people in the United States had the surname Chuang in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 118,611 Americans. It ranked 11,998th of 162,253 surnames.

Is the surname Chuang getting more or less common?

More common. 2,478 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,603 in 2010, up 5.0%.

The surname Chuang

A surname, carried by 2,603 people in the United States.

1 syllable Soundex C520

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Chuang is more common than 92.6% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 2,603 people named Chuang in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 118,611 Americans. That is up 5.0% since 2000, when the Census counted 2,478.

#11,998

rank among US surnames

2,603

people in 2010

0.9

per 100,000 Americans

+5%

change since 2000 (was #11,621)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#11,993	Chubb	2,604	118,566
#11,998	Byram	2,603	118,611
#12,003	Ehlert	2,602	118,657
#12,005	Jaber	2,601	118,703

Who is named Chuang

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

95% of people named Chuang identified as Asian and Pacific Islander, 2.6% as two or more races and 1.5% as white (not Hispanic).

Asian and Pacific Islander 95%
Two or more races 2.6%
White (not Hispanic) 1.5%
Black (not Hispanic) 0.5%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 0.3%

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

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Chuang

Chuang has the Soundex code C520, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code C520.

Questions

How common is the surname Chuang?: 2,603 people in the United States had the surname Chuang in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 118,611 Americans. It ranked 11,998th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Chuang?: In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Chuang identified as Asian and Pacific Islander, and 2.6% as two or more races.
Is the surname Chuang getting more or less common?: More common. 2,478 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,603 in 2010, up 5.0%.