How common is the surname Jang?

9,125 people in the United States had the surname Jang in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 33,835 Americans. It ranked 3,890th of 162,253 surnames.

Is the surname Jang getting more or less common?

More common. 5,776 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 9,125 in 2010, up 58%.

What are other spellings of Jang?

Chang, Zhang, Zang, Yang, Jahng and Jean.

The surname Jang

A surname, carried by 9,125 people in the United States.

1 syllable Soundex J520

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Jang is more common than 97.6% of them.

Origin

From Korean Revised Romanization of Korean 장 (jang); from 張, 章, 莊, 蔣; from Chinese.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 9,125 people named Jang in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 33,835 Americans. That is up 58% since 2000, when the Census counted 5,776.

#3,890

rank among US surnames

9,125

people in 2010

3.1

per 100,000 Americans

+58%

change since 2000 (was #5,531)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#3,881	Dube	9,136	33,794
#3,882	Zink	9,134	33,802
#3,884	Schiller	9,132	33,809
#3,885	Jerome	9,131	33,813
#3,886	Rickard	9,128	33,824
#3,887	Ling	9,127	33,828
#3,888	Volk	9,126	33,831

Who is named Jang

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

94% of people named Jang identified as Asian and Pacific Islander, 3.5% as white (not Hispanic) and 1.4% as two or more races.

Asian and Pacific Islander 94%
White (not Hispanic) 3.5%
Two or more races 1.4%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 0.7%

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.

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Variant spellings

Surnames that sound like Jang

Jang has the Soundex code J520, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code J520.

Questions

Where does the surname Jang come from?: From Korean Revised Romanization of Korean 장 (jang); from 張, 章, 莊, 蔣; from Chinese.
How common is the surname Jang?: 9,125 people in the United States had the surname Jang in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 33,835 Americans. It ranked 3,890th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Jang?: In the 2010 Census, 94% of people named Jang identified as Asian and Pacific Islander, and 3.5% as white (not Hispanic).
Is the surname Jang getting more or less common?: More common. 5,776 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 9,125 in 2010, up 58%.
What are other spellings of Jang?: Chang, Zhang, Zang, Yang, Jahng and Jean.