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    The surname Hang

    A surname, carried by 6,863 people in the United States.

    1 syllable Soundex H520

    Hang: #5,101 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Hang #5,101, 6,863 people Hang: #5,101 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Hang #5,101, 6,863 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Hang is more common than 96.9% of them.

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 6,863 people named Hang in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 44,987 Americans. That is up 27% since 2000, when the Census counted 5,406.

    #5,101
    rank among US surnames
    6,863
    people in 2010
    2.3
    per 100,000 Americans
    +27%
    change since 2000 (was #5,865)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #5,092Fannin6,87344,922
    #5,093Dugas6,87144,935
    #5,094Joslin6,86844,954
    #5,095Penrod6,86744,961
    #5,096Andino6,86644,967
    #5,097Krauss6,86544,974
    #5,100Desantiago6,86444,980

    Who is named Hang

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

    87% of people named Hang identified as Asian and Pacific Islander, 9.2% as white (not Hispanic) and 1.9% as two or more races.

    • Asian and Pacific Islander 87%
    • White (not Hispanic) 9.2%
    • Two or more races 1.9%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.1%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 1.0%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.1%

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

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Hang

    Hang has the Soundex code H520, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code H520.

    Questions

    How common is the surname Hang?
    6,863 people in the United States had the surname Hang in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 44,987 Americans. It ranked 5,101st of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Hang?
    In the 2010 Census, 87% of people named Hang identified as Asian and Pacific Islander, and 9.2% as white (not Hispanic).
    Is the surname Hang getting more or less common?
    More common. 5,406 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 6,863 in 2010, up 27%.