# Leung (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/leung/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. Counts from the US Census Bureau; origin and etymology from Wiktionary; bearers from Wikidata. Data updated 2026-11-11.

A surname from Cantonese.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | Chinese |
| Type | not recorded |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 20,496 |
| US rank (2010) | 1,747 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 15,064 people |
| Change since 2000 | +13% (18,140 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | /liʌŋ/, 1 syllable |
| Variant spellings | Leong |

## Etymology

Borrowed from Cantonese 梁 (loeng⁴).

## Who carries it

Share of people named Leung in the 2010 US Census by the Census's own race and ethnicity groups. The Census suppresses a share when the count behind it is small.

| Group | Share |
|---|---|
| White (not Hispanic) | 1.8% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 1.0% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 94% |
| Two or more races | 2.2% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Leung in the United States and British Hong Kong.

## People named Leung

- Ken Leung, American actor
- Telly Leung, American actor and musician
- Leung Nok Hang, association football player

## Similar surnames

Luong, Leong, Lung, Luongo, Leng, Lenk, Lenz, Long, Lynch, Lyons, Lang, Lange.

## How to read these numbers

A Census count is people alive and counted in 2010, not births, and names occurring fewer than 100 times are not published at all. Ethnicity shares are the Census's own categories.