How common is the surname Khang?

3,411 people in the United States had the surname Khang in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 90,515 Americans. It ranked 9,529th of 162,253 surnames.

Is the surname Khang getting more or less common?

More common. 1,784 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 3,411 in 2010, up 91%.

The surname Khang

A surname, carried by 3,411 people in the United States.

1 syllable Soundex K520

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Khang is more common than 94.1% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 3,411 people named Khang in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 90,515 Americans. That is up 91% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,784.

#9,529

rank among US surnames

3,411

people in 2010

1.2

per 100,000 Americans

+91.2%

change since 2000 (was #15,167)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#9,524	Dinger	3,414	90,435
#9,525	Ang	3,413	90,462
#9,527	Catania	3,412	90,488
#9,529	Khang	3,411	90,515
#9,531	Carle	3,410	90,541
#9,535	Cardinale	3,409	90,568

Who is named Khang

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

93% of people named Khang identified as Asian and Pacific Islander, 3.1% as white (not Hispanic) and 2.7% as two or more races.

Asian and Pacific Islander 93%
White (not Hispanic) 3.1%
Two or more races 2.7%
Black (not Hispanic) 0.6%

The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Hispanic, Native American are not shown.

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

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Khang

Khang has the Soundex code K520, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code K520.

Questions

How common is the surname Khang?: 3,411 people in the United States had the surname Khang in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 90,515 Americans. It ranked 9,529th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Khang?: In the 2010 Census, 93% of people named Khang identified as Asian and Pacific Islander, and 3.1% as white (not Hispanic).
Is the surname Khang getting more or less common?: More common. 1,784 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 3,411 in 2010, up 91%.