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    The surname Dong

    A surname, carried by 12,466 people in the United States.

    1 syllable Soundex D520

    Dong: #2,879 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer#10,001Dubon Dong #2,879, 12,466 people Dong: #2,879 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Dong #2,879, 12,466 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Dong is more common than 98.2% of them.

    Origin

    A surname.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 12,466 people named Dong in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 24,767 Americans. That is up 70% since 2000, when the Census counted 7,327.

    #2,879
    rank among US surnames
    12,466
    people in 2010
    4.2
    per 100,000 Americans
    +70.1%
    change since 2000 (was #4,458)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #2,870Muse12,57124,560
    #2,871Clancy12,55624,589
    #2,872Caraballo12,54624,609
    #2,873Baugh12,54324,615
    #2,874Crawley12,52324,654
    #2,875Wheatley12,52024,660
    #2,876Linn12,50824,684

    Who is named Dong

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

    94% of people named Dong identified as Asian and Pacific Islander, 2.9% as white (not Hispanic) and 2.1% as two or more races.

    • Asian and Pacific Islander 94%
    • White (not Hispanic) 2.9%
    • Two or more races 2.1%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 0.8%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 0.4%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.1%

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

    Famous Dongs

    5 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

    • Dong Yuan
      10th-century Chinese artist, died 962
    • Dong Jiong
      Badminton player, born 1973
    • Dong Feng
      3rd Century Eastern Han physician, 200–280
    • Dong Jue
      3rd century Shu Han official and general, born 204
    • Vy Dong
      American chemist, born 1976

    Notable Dongs come mostly from Yang Wu (1), the People's Republic of China (1) and Shu Han (1).

    Spellings and sound-alikes

    Useful when a record has your ancestor under another spelling

    Variant spellings

    • Doong

    Surnames that sound like Dong

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

    Questions

    How common is the surname Dong?
    12,466 people in the United States had the surname Dong in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 24,767 Americans. It ranked 2,879th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Dong?
    In the 2010 Census, 94% of people named Dong identified as Asian and Pacific Islander, and 2.9% as white (not Hispanic).
    Who is the most famous person named Dong?
    Dong Yuan, 10th-century Chinese artist, followed by Dong Jiong.
    Where is the surname Dong most common?
    Wikidata records people named Dong in Yang Wu, the People's Republic of China and Shu Han and 1 other country.
    Is the surname Dong getting more or less common?
    More common. 7,327 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 12,466 in 2010, up 70%.
    What are other spellings of Dong?
    Doong.