How common is the surname Fung?

8,837 people in the United States had the surname Fung in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 34,938 Americans. It ranked 4,024th of 162,253 surnames.

Is the surname Fung getting more or less common?

More common. 7,518 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 8,837 in 2010, up 18%.

The surname Fung

A Chinese surname, carried by 8,837 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). Fung is more common than 97.5% of them.

Origin

Chinese origin

From Cantonese 馮／冯 (fung⁴) or Hakka 洪 (Fùng). Doublet of Feng and Phung.

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 8,837 people named Fung in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 34,938 Americans. That is up 18% since 2000, when the Census counted 7,518.

#4,024

rank among US surnames

8,837

people in 2010

3.0

per 100,000 Americans

+17.5%

change since 2000 (was #4,367)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#4,019	Ritchey	8,844	34,910
#4,021	Peebles	8,843	34,914
#4,022	Chiang	8,841	34,922
#4,024	Fung	8,837	34,938
#4,025	Hutchings	8,833	34,954

Who is named Fung

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

88% of people named Fung identified as Asian and Pacific Islander, 3.7% as two or more races and 3.4% as white (not Hispanic).

Asian and Pacific Islander 88%
Two or more races 3.7%
White (not Hispanic) 3.4%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 3.3%

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 Fung

Fung 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 Fung come from?: From Cantonese 馮／冯 (fung⁴) or Hakka 洪 (Fùng). Doublet of Feng and Phung.
How common is the surname Fung?: 8,837 people in the United States had the surname Fung in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 34,938 Americans. It ranked 4,024th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Fung?: In the 2010 Census, 88% of people named Fung identified as Asian and Pacific Islander, and 3.7% as two or more races.
Is the surname Fung getting more or less common?: More common. 7,518 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 8,837 in 2010, up 18%.