# Huang (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/huang/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. Counts from the US Census Bureau; origin and etymology from Wiktionary; bearers from Wikidata. Data updated 2026-11-11.

A surname from Mandarin.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | Chinese |
| Type | not recorded |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 72,328 |
| US rank (2010) | 456 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 4,269 people |
| Change since 2000 | +62% (44,715 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | /ˈhwɑːŋ/, 1 syllable |
| Variant spellings | Wong, Ng, Wee, Oei, Ooi, Huynh, Hoang |

## Etymology

Borrowed from Mandarin 黃／黄 (Huáng), from Chinese for yellow. Doublet of Wong, Huynh, and Hoang.

## Who carries it

Share of people named Huang in the 2010 US Census by the Census's own race and ethnicity groups. The Census suppresses a share when the count behind it is small.

| Group | Share |
|---|---|
| White (not Hispanic) | 0.9% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 0.1% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 0.4% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 97% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 0.0% |
| Two or more races | 1.4% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Huang in Australia, the United States, Malaysia, Taiwan, Song dynasty and Shu Han.

## People named Huang

- Jensen Huang, American entrepreneur and businessman; co-founder and CEO of Nvidia
- Huang Sui, badminton player
- Grace Huang, Australian actress
- Huang Quan, 10th century Chinese painter (903-965)
- Huang Hao, 3rd century eunuch and official in Shu Han
- Ana Huang, American writer
- Hong Taiji, 1st emperor of the Qing Dynasty (1592-1643)
- Flossie Wong-Staal, American virologist
- Wong Choong Hann, badminton player
- Wong Pei Tty, badminton player

## Similar surnames

Hoang, Hung, Hang, Hwang, Haynes, Hines, Hong, Haines, Hanks, Hennessy, Hanes, Himes.

## How to read these numbers

A Census count is people alive and counted in 2010, not births, and names occurring fewer than 100 times are not published at all. Ethnicity shares are the Census's own categories.