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    The surname Leng

    A surname, carried by 1,610 people in the United States.

    1 syllable Soundex L520

    Leng: #17,502 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Leng #17,502, 1,610 people Leng: #17,502 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Leng #17,502, 1,610 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Leng is more common than 89.2% of them.

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 1,610 people named Leng in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 191,767 Americans. That is up 31% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,232.

    #17,502
    rank among US surnames
    1,610
    people in 2010
    0.6
    per 100,000 Americans
    +30.7%
    change since 2000 (was #20,124)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #17,495Cleek1,611191,648
    #17,502Iman1,610191,767

    Who is named Leng

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

    76% of people named Leng identified as Asian and Pacific Islander, 18% as white (not Hispanic) and 2.8% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

    • Asian and Pacific Islander 76%
    • White (not Hispanic) 18%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.8%
    • Two or more races 2.4%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 0.8%

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

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Leng

    Leng has the Soundex code L520, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code L520.

    Questions

    How common is the surname Leng?
    1,610 people in the United States had the surname Leng in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 191,767 Americans. It ranked 17,502nd of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Leng?
    In the 2010 Census, 76% of people named Leng identified as Asian and Pacific Islander, and 18% as white (not Hispanic).
    Is the surname Leng getting more or less common?
    More common. 1,232 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,610 in 2010, up 31%.