The surname Duong
A Vietnamese surname, carried by 24,870 people in the United States.
2 syllables Soundex D520
Origin
Vietnamese origin
Borrowed from Vietnamese Dương, Khmer ដួង (duəng) or Khmer ឌួង (duəng).
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 24,870 people named Duong in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 12,414 Americans. That is up 35% since 2000, when the Census counted 18,404.
Who is named Duong
Race and Hispanic origin as people reported it in the 2010 Census
97% of people named Duong identified as Asian and Pacific Islander, 1.6% as two or more races.
- Asian and Pacific Islander 97%
- Two or more races 1.6%
- White (not Hispanic) 0.8%
- Hispanic or Latino (any race) 0.8%
- Black (not Hispanic) 0.1%
- 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 Duong
Duong has the Soundex code D520, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code D520.
Other Vietnamese surnames
Questions
- Where does the surname Duong come from?
- Borrowed from Vietnamese Dương, Khmer ដួង (duəng) or Khmer ឌួង (duəng).
- How common is the surname Duong?
- 24,870 people in the United States had the surname Duong in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 12,414 Americans. It ranked 1,431st of 162,253 surnames.
- What ethnicity is the surname Duong?
- In the 2010 Census, 97% of people named Duong identified as Asian and Pacific Islander, and 1.6% as two or more races.
- Is the surname Duong getting more or less common?
- More common. 18,404 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 24,870 in 2010, up 35%.