# Hwang (surname)

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

A surname.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | not recorded |
| Type | not recorded |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 17,900 |
| US rank (2010) | 2,017 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 17,248 people |
| Change since 2000 | +32% (13,610 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Etymology

From Chinese 黃 /黄 (huáng) (also Mandarin 黃 /黄 (huáng), Korean 황 (hwang)...)

## Who carries it

Share of people named Hwang 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) | 1.4% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 0.5% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 96% |
| Two or more races | 1.9% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Hwang in South Korea and the United States.

## People named Hwang

- Hwang Kyo-ahn, acting president of South Korea from 2016 to 2017 (born 1957)
- David Henry Hwang, American playwright

## Similar surnames

Huang, Hoang, Hang, Haynes, Hines, Hong, Haines, Hanks, Hennessy, Hanes, Himes, Heinz.

## 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.