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    The surname Hoang

    A Vietnamese surname, carried by 29,798 people in the United States.

    Pronounced /ˈhwɑːŋ/ 1 syllable Soundex H520

    Hoang: #1,185 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#10,001Dubon Hoang #1,185, 29,798 people Hoang: #1,185 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Hoang #1,185, 29,798 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Hoang is more common than 99.3% of them.

    Origin

    Vietnamese origin

    Borrowed from Vietnamese Hoàng. Compare Huang.

    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 29,798 people named Hoang in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 10,361 Americans. That is up 40% since 2000, when the Census counted 21,269.

    #1,185
    rank among US surnames
    29,798
    people in 2010
    10
    per 100,000 Americans
    +40.1%
    change since 2000 (was #1,546)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #1,176Ly29,89110,329
    #1,177Joyner29,88410,331
    #1,178Richter29,88010,333
    #1,179Farris29,87710,334
    #1,180Tracy29,86710,337
    #1,181Bacon29,86010,340
    #1,182Han29,84710,344

    Who is named Hoang

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

    96% of people named Hoang identified as Asian and Pacific Islander, 1.6% as two or more races and 1.4% as white (not Hispanic).

    • Asian and Pacific Islander 96%
    • Two or more races 1.6%
    • White (not Hispanic) 1.4%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 0.8%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 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

    Surnames that sound like Hoang

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

    Other Vietnamese surnames

    All 31 Vietnamese surnames

    Questions

    Where does the surname Hoang come from?
    Borrowed from Vietnamese Hoàng. Compare Huang.
    How common is the surname Hoang?
    29,798 people in the United States had the surname Hoang in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 10,361 Americans. It ranked 1,185th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Hoang?
    In the 2010 Census, 96% of people named Hoang identified as Asian and Pacific Islander, and 1.6% as two or more races.
    How do you pronounce Hoang?
    Hoang is /ˈhwɑːŋ/, one syllable.
    Is the surname Hoang getting more or less common?
    More common. 21,269 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 29,798 in 2010, up 40%.