How common is the surname Kwon?

13,235 people in the United States had the surname Kwon in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 23,328 Americans. It ranked 2,721st of 162,253 surnames.

Is the surname Kwon getting more or less common?

More common. 9,405 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 13,235 in 2010, up 41%.

What are other spellings of Kwon?

Kuan, Kwan, Kuon, Quan, Qwan and Quon.

The surname Kwon

A Chinese surname, carried by 13,235 people in the United States.

1 syllable Soundex K500

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Kwon is more common than 98.3% of them.

Origin

Chinese origin

From Chinese 關 /关 (guān), via various dialects.

One of 193 Chinese surnames on this site.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 13,235 people named Kwon in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 23,328 Americans. That is up 41% since 2000, when the Census counted 9,405.

#2,721

rank among US surnames

13,235

people in 2010

4.5

per 100,000 Americans

+40.7%

change since 2000 (was #3,472)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#2,712	Spear	13,284	23,242
#2,713	Pressley	13,281	23,247
#2,714	Felder	13,257	23,289
#2,715	Jameson	13,255	23,293
#2,716	Wahl	13,253	23,296
#2,717	Archuleta	13,248	23,305
#2,719	Seaman	13,237	23,324

Who is named Kwon

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

96% of people named Kwon identified as Asian and Pacific Islander, 1.6% as white (not Hispanic) and 1.4% as two or more races.

Asian and Pacific Islander 96%
White (not Hispanic) 1.6%
Two or more races 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.

Spellings and sound-alikes

Useful when a record has your ancestor under another spelling

Variant spellings

Kuan
Kwan
Kuon
Quan
Qwan
Quon
Qwon

Surnames that sound like Kwon

Kwon has the Soundex code K500, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code K500.

Other Chinese surnames

All 193 Chinese surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Kwon come from?: From Chinese 關 /关 (guān), via various dialects.
How common is the surname Kwon?: 13,235 people in the United States had the surname Kwon in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 23,328 Americans. It ranked 2,721st of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Kwon?: In the 2010 Census, 96% of people named Kwon identified as Asian and Pacific Islander, and 1.6% as white (not Hispanic).
Is the surname Kwon getting more or less common?: More common. 9,405 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 13,235 in 2010, up 41%.
What are other spellings of Kwon?: Kuan, Kwan, Kuon, Quan, Qwan and Quon.