How common is the surname Hong?

31,670 people in the United States had the surname Hong in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 9,749 Americans. It ranked 1,106th of 162,253 surnames.

Who is the most famous person named Hong?

James Hong, American actor (born 1929), followed by Hong Chau.

Where is the surname Hong most common?

Wikidata records people named Hong in the United States and Taiwan.

Is the surname Hong getting more or less common?

More common. 24,017 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 31,670 in 2010, up 32%.

Is Hong also a first name?

Yes. Hong 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 Hong

A Chinese surname, carried by 31,670 people in the United States.

1 syllable Soundex H520 Also a first name

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Hong is more common than 99.3% of them.

Origin

Chinese origin

Borrowed from Mandarin 洪 (Hóng) or Taishanese 湯 /汤 (hong¹).

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 31,670 people named Hong in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 9,749 Americans. That is up 32% since 2000, when the Census counted 24,017.

#1,106

rank among US surnames

31,670

people in 2010

per 100,000 Americans

+31.9%

change since 2000 (was #1,352)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#1,097	Workman	31,856	9,692
#1,098	McFadden	31,839	9,697
#1,099	Blanco	31,800	9,709
#1,100	Gorman	31,788	9,713
#1,101	Katz	31,780	9,715
#1,102	Kuhn	31,776	9,716
#1,103	Noel	31,768	9,719

Who is named Hong

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

88% of people named Hong identified as Asian and Pacific Islander, 7.2% as white (not Hispanic) and 2.3% as two or more races.

Asian and Pacific Islander 88%
White (not Hispanic) 7.2%
Two or more races 2.3%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.1%
Black (not Hispanic) 1.0%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.2%

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

Famous Hongs

5 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

James Hong
American actor (born 1929)
Hong Chau
American actress (born 1979)
Asher Hong
American gymnast, born 2004
Cathy Park Hong
American writer, born 1976
John Hung
Archbishop of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Taipei, born 1943

Notable Hongs come mostly from the United States (4) and Taiwan (1).

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Hong

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

Other Chinese surnames

All 193 Chinese surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Hong come from?: Borrowed from Mandarin 洪 (Hóng) or Taishanese 湯 /汤 (hong¹).
How common is the surname Hong?: 31,670 people in the United States had the surname Hong in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 9,749 Americans. It ranked 1,106th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Hong?: In the 2010 Census, 88% of people named Hong identified as Asian and Pacific Islander, and 7.2% as white (not Hispanic).
Who is the most famous person named Hong?: James Hong, American actor (born 1929), followed by Hong Chau.
Where is the surname Hong most common?: Wikidata records people named Hong in the United States and Taiwan.
Is the surname Hong getting more or less common?: More common. 24,017 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 31,670 in 2010, up 32%.
Is Hong also a first name?: Yes. Hong 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.