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    The surname Hwang

    A surname, carried by 17,900 people in the United States.

    1 syllable Soundex H520

    Hwang: #2,017 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#10,001Dubon Hwang #2,017, 17,900 people Hwang: #2,017 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Hwang #2,017, 17,900 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Hwang is more common than 98.8% of them.

    Origin

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

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 17,900 people named Hwang in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 17,248 Americans. That is up 32% since 2000, when the Census counted 13,610.

    #2,017
    rank among US surnames
    17,900
    people in 2010
    6.1
    per 100,000 Americans
    +31.5%
    change since 2000 (was #2,435)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #2,008Abreu17,99817,154
    #2,009Doty17,96517,186
    #2,010Crum17,94417,206
    #2,011Yi17,93417,216
    #2,012Corley17,93117,219
    #2,013Flaherty17,92617,223
    #2,014Drummond17,92217,227

    Who is named Hwang

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

    96% of people named Hwang identified as Asian and Pacific Islander, 1.9% as two or more races and 1.4% as white (not Hispanic).

    • Asian and Pacific Islander 96%
    • Two or more races 1.9%
    • White (not Hispanic) 1.4%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 0.5%
    The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Black, Native American are not shown.

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

    Famous Hwangs

    2 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

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

    Notable Hwangs come mostly from South Korea (1) and the United States (1).

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Hwang

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

    Questions

    Where does the surname Hwang come from?
    From Chinese 黃 /黄 (huáng) (also Mandarin 黃 /黄 (huáng), Korean 황 (hwang)...)
    How common is the surname Hwang?
    17,900 people in the United States had the surname Hwang in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 17,248 Americans. It ranked 2,017th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Hwang?
    In the 2010 Census, 96% of people named Hwang identified as Asian and Pacific Islander, and 1.9% as two or more races.
    Who is the most famous person named Hwang?
    Hwang Kyo-ahn, acting president of South Korea from 2016 to 2017 (born 1957), followed by David Henry Hwang.
    Where is the surname Hwang most common?
    Wikidata records people named Hwang in South Korea and the United States.
    Is the surname Hwang getting more or less common?
    More common. 13,610 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 17,900 in 2010, up 32%.