How common is the surname Leong?

9,094 people in the United States had the surname Leong in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 33,950 Americans. It ranked 3,902nd of 162,253 surnames.

Is the surname Leong getting more or less common?

More common. 7,967 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 9,094 in 2010, up 14%.

The surname Leong

A Chinese surname, carried by 9,094 people in the United States.

1 syllable Soundex L520

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

Origin

Chinese origin

Borrowed from Cantonese 梁 (loeng⁴).

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 9,094 people named Leong in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 33,950 Americans. That is up 14% since 2000, when the Census counted 7,967.

#3,902

rank among US surnames

9,094

people in 2010

3.1

per 100,000 Americans

+14.1%

change since 2000 (was #4,119)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#3,893	Cordell	9,119	33,857
#3,894	Gingerich	9,117	33,865
#3,895	Forster	9,116	33,869
#3,896	Olivera	9,108	33,898
#3,897	Melgar	9,106	33,906
#3,898	Knudsen	9,104	33,913
#3,899	Slocum	9,102	33,921

Who is named Leong

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

82% of people named Leong identified as Asian and Pacific Islander, 9.5% as two or more races and 5.9% as white (not Hispanic).

Asian and Pacific Islander 82%
Two or more races 9.5%
White (not Hispanic) 5.9%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.3%

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

Leung

Surnames that sound like Leong

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

Other Chinese surnames

All 193 Chinese surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Leong come from?: Borrowed from Cantonese 梁 (loeng⁴).
How common is the surname Leong?: 9,094 people in the United States had the surname Leong in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 33,950 Americans. It ranked 3,902nd of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Leong?: In the 2010 Census, 82% of people named Leong identified as Asian and Pacific Islander, and 9.5% as two or more races.
Is the surname Leong getting more or less common?: More common. 7,967 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 9,094 in 2010, up 14%.
What are other spellings of Leong?: Leung.