How common is the surname Kuang?

3,767 people in the United States had the surname Kuang in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 81,961 Americans. It ranked 8,712th of 162,253 surnames.

Is the surname Kuang getting more or less common?

More common. 2,071 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 3,767 in 2010, up 82%.

The surname Kuang

A surname, carried by 3,767 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). Kuang is more common than 94.6% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 3,767 people named Kuang in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 81,961 Americans. That is up 82% since 2000, when the Census counted 2,071.

#8,712

rank among US surnames

3,767

people in 2010

1.3

per 100,000 Americans

+81.9%

change since 2000 (was #13,473)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#8,706	Kallas	3,770	81,895
#8,710	Just	3,769	81,917
#8,711	Gish	3,768	81,939
#8,712	Kuang	3,767	81,961
#8,713	Neiman	3,766	81,982

Who is named Kuang

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

98% of people named Kuang identified as Asian and Pacific Islander.

Asian and Pacific Islander 98%
Two or more races 0.6%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 0.5%
Black (not Hispanic) 0.3%
White (not Hispanic) 0.2%

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

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Kuang

Kuang 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 Kuang?: 3,767 people in the United States had the surname Kuang in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 81,961 Americans. It ranked 8,712th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Kuang?: In the 2010 Census, 98% of people named Kuang identified as Asian and Pacific Islander, and 0.6% as two or more races.
Is the surname Kuang getting more or less common?: More common. 2,071 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 3,767 in 2010, up 82%.