How common is the surname Huang?

72,328 people in the United States had the surname Huang in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 4,269 Americans. It ranked 456th of 162,253 surnames.

Who is the most famous person named Huang?

Jensen Huang, American entrepreneur and businessman; co-founder and CEO of Nvidia, followed by Huang Sui.

Where is the surname Huang most common?

Wikidata records people named Huang in Australia, the United States and Malaysia and 3 other countries.

How do you pronounce Huang?

Huang is /ˈhwɑːŋ/, one syllable.

Is the surname Huang getting more or less common?

More common. 44,715 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 72,328 in 2010, up 62%.

What are other spellings of Huang?

Wong, Ng, Wee, Oei, Ooi and Huynh.

The surname Huang

A Chinese surname, carried by 72,328 people in the United States.

Pronounced /ˈhwɑːŋ/ 1 syllable Soundex H520

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Huang is more common than 99.7% of them.

Origin

Chinese origin

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

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 72,328 people named Huang in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 4,269 Americans. That is up 62% since 2000, when the Census counted 44,715.

#456

rank among US surnames

72,328

people in 2010

per 100,000 Americans

+61.8%

change since 2000 (was #697)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#447	Blake	73,797	4,184
#448	Trujillo	73,664	4,191
#449	Adkins	73,599	4,195
#450	Brady	73,145	4,221
#451	Goodman	73,136	4,222
#452	Roman	72,918	4,234
#453	Webster	72,625	4,251

Who is named Huang

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

97% of people named Huang identified as Asian and Pacific Islander, 1.4% as two or more races.

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

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

Famous Huangs

10 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Jensen Huang
American entrepreneur and businessman; co-founder and CEO of Nvidia, born 1963
Huang Sui
Badminton player, born 1982
Grace Huang
Australian actress, born 1983
Huang Quan
10th century Chinese painter (903-965)
Huang Hao
3rd century eunuch and official in Shu Han, born 200
Ana Huang
American writer, born 1991
Hong Taiji
1st emperor of the Qing Dynasty (1592-1643)
Flossie Wong-Staal
American virologist, 1946–2020
Wong Choong Hann
Badminton player, born 1977
Wong Pei Tty
Badminton player, born 1981

Notable Huangs come mostly from Australia (2), the United States (2) and Malaysia (2).

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Variant spellings

Surnames that sound like Huang

Huang 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 Huang come from?: Borrowed from Mandarin 黃／黄 (Huáng), from Chinese for yellow. Doublet of Wong, Huynh, and Hoang.
How common is the surname Huang?: 72,328 people in the United States had the surname Huang in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 4,269 Americans. It ranked 456th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Huang?: In the 2010 Census, 97% of people named Huang identified as Asian and Pacific Islander, and 1.4% as two or more races.
Who is the most famous person named Huang?: Jensen Huang, American entrepreneur and businessman; co-founder and CEO of Nvidia, followed by Huang Sui.
Where is the surname Huang most common?: Wikidata records people named Huang in Australia, the United States and Malaysia and 3 other countries.
How do you pronounce Huang?: Huang is /ˈhwɑːŋ/, one syllable.
Is the surname Huang getting more or less common?: More common. 44,715 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 72,328 in 2010, up 62%.
What are other spellings of Huang?: Wong, Ng, Wee, Oei, Ooi and Huynh.