How common is the surname Feng?

10,687 people in the United States had the surname Feng in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 28,890 Americans. It ranked 3,351st of 162,253 surnames.

Is the surname Feng getting more or less common?

More common. 5,797 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 10,687 in 2010, up 84%.

Is Feng also a first name?

Yes. Feng is used as a first name as well as a surname; its first-name page has the meaning and how many babies were given it.

The surname Feng

A Chinese surname, carried by 10,687 people in the United States.

1 syllable Soundex F520

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Feng is more common than 97.9% of them.

Origin

Chinese origin

The atonal pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 灃 /沣 (Fēng) and, as the city and surname, its alternative form 豐 /丰 (Fēng).

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 10,687 people named Feng in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 28,890 Americans. That is up 84% since 2000, when the Census counted 5,797.

#3,351

rank among US surnames

10,687

people in 2010

3.6

per 100,000 Americans

+84.4%

change since 2000 (was #5,512)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#3,342	Drury	10,721	28,798
#3,343	Lennon	10,720	28,801
#3,344	March	10,719	28,804
#3,345	Horan	10,711	28,825
#3,346	Christenson	10,707	28,836
#3,347	Arana	10,698	28,860
#3,348	Jose	10,697	28,863

Who is named Feng

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

96% of people named Feng identified as Asian and Pacific Islander, 1.9% as white (not Hispanic) and 1.1% as two or more races.

Asian and Pacific Islander 96%
White (not Hispanic) 1.9%
Two or more races 1.1%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 0.4%

The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Black, Native American are not shown.

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

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Feng

Feng has the Soundex code F520, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code F520.

Other Chinese surnames

All 193 Chinese surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Feng come from?: The atonal pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 灃 /沣 (Fēng) and, as the city and surname, its alternative form 豐 /丰 (Fēng).
How common is the surname Feng?: 10,687 people in the United States had the surname Feng in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 28,890 Americans. It ranked 3,351st of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Feng?: In the 2010 Census, 96% of people named Feng identified as Asian and Pacific Islander, and 1.9% as white (not Hispanic).
Is the surname Feng getting more or less common?: More common. 5,797 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 10,687 in 2010, up 84%.
Is Feng also a first name?: Yes. Feng is used as a first name as well as a surname; its first-name page has the meaning and how many babies were given it.