The surname Fang
A Chinese surname, carried by 10,316 people in the United States.
1 syllable Soundex F520
Origin
Chinese origin
The county sense is from Mandarin 房 (Fáng). The surname sense could be from Mandarin 方 (Fāng), 房 (Fáng), 芳 (Fāng), 仿 (Fǎng) or 放 (Fǎng).
One of 193 Chinese surnames on this site.
Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How common it is
2010 US Census
There were 10,316 people named Fang in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 29,929 Americans. That is up 52% since 2000, when the Census counted 6,791.
Who is named Fang
Race and Hispanic origin as people reported it in the 2010 Census
94% of people named Fang identified as Asian and Pacific Islander, 2.8% as white (not Hispanic) and 1.4% as two or more races.
- Asian and Pacific Islander 94%
- White (not Hispanic) 2.8%
- Two or more races 1.4%
- Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.3%
- Black (not Hispanic) 0.5%
- American Indian and Alaska Native 0.1%
Compare: most common surnames among Asian and Pacific Islander Americans.
Spellings and sound-alikes
Useful when a record has your ancestor under another spelling
Fang has the Soundex code F520, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code F520.
Other Chinese surnames
Questions
- Where does the surname Fang come from?
- The county sense is from Mandarin 房 (Fáng). The surname sense could be from Mandarin 方 (Fāng), 房 (Fáng), 芳 (Fāng), 仿 (Fǎng) or 放 (Fǎng).
- How common is the surname Fang?
- 10,316 people in the United States had the surname Fang in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 29,929 Americans. It ranked 3,464th of 162,253 surnames.
- What ethnicity is the surname Fang?
- In the 2010 Census, 94% of people named Fang identified as Asian and Pacific Islander, and 2.8% as white (not Hispanic).
- Is the surname Fang getting more or less common?
- More common. 6,791 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 10,316 in 2010, up 52%.