How common is the surname Dang?

30,389 people in the United States had the surname Dang in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 10,160 Americans. It ranked 1,155th of 162,253 surnames.

Is the surname Dang getting more or less common?

More common. 21,953 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 30,389 in 2010, up 38%.

The surname Dang

A Vietnamese surname, carried by 30,389 people in the United States.

Pronounced /dæŋ/ 1 syllable Soundex D520

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Dang is more common than 99.3% of them.

Origin

Vietnamese origin

Borrowed from Vietnamese Đặng or Eastern Min 鄭／郑 (Dâng).

One of 31 Vietnamese surnames on this site.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 30,389 people named Dang in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 10,160 Americans. That is up 38% since 2000, when the Census counted 21,953.

#1,155

rank among US surnames

30,389

people in 2010

per 100,000 Americans

+38.4%

change since 2000 (was #1,490)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#1,147	Muniz	30,695	10,058
#1,148	Alston	30,693	10,059
#1,149	Maloney	30,671	10,066
#1,150	Childers	30,570	10,100
#1,151	McDermott	30,528	10,114
#1,152	Moser	30,483	10,128
#1,153	Vogel	30,470	10,133

Who is named Dang

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

95% of people named Dang identified as Asian and Pacific Islander, 2.1% as two or more races and 1.8% as white (not Hispanic).

Asian and Pacific Islander 95%
Two or more races 2.1%
White (not Hispanic) 1.8%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 0.8%
Black (not Hispanic) 0.3%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.0%

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

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Dang

Dang has the Soundex code D520, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code D520.

Other Vietnamese surnames

All 31 Vietnamese surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Dang come from?: Borrowed from Vietnamese Đặng or Eastern Min 鄭／郑 (Dâng).
How common is the surname Dang?: 30,389 people in the United States had the surname Dang in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 10,160 Americans. It ranked 1,155th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Dang?: In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Dang identified as Asian and Pacific Islander, and 2.1% as two or more races.
How do you pronounce Dang?: Dang is /dæŋ/, one syllable.
Is the surname Dang getting more or less common?: More common. 21,953 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 30,389 in 2010, up 38%.