How common is the surname Leung?

20,496 people in the United States had the surname Leung in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 15,064 Americans. It ranked 1,747th of 162,253 surnames.

Who is the most famous person named Leung?

Ken Leung, American actor, followed by Telly Leung.

Where is the surname Leung most common?

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

How do you pronounce Leung?

Leung is /liʌŋ/, one syllable.

Is the surname Leung getting more or less common?

More common. 18,140 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 20,496 in 2010, up 13%.

The surname Leung

A Chinese surname, carried by 20,496 people in the United States.

Pronounced /liʌŋ/ 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). Leung is more common than 98.9% 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 20,496 people named Leung in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 15,064 Americans. That is up 13% since 2000, when the Census counted 18,140.

#1,747

rank among US surnames

20,496

people in 2010

7.0

per 100,000 Americans

+13%

change since 2000 (was #1,815)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#1,738	Schaffer	20,614	14,977
#1,739	Guidry	20,600	14,988
#1,740	Yee	20,591	14,994
#1,741	Kruse	20,584	14,999
#1,742	McMullen	20,545	15,028
#1,743	Hurd	20,540	15,031
#1,744	Castle	20,534	15,036

Who is named Leung

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

94% of people named Leung identified as Asian and Pacific Islander, 2.2% as two or more races and 1.8% as white (not Hispanic).

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

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.

Famous Leungs

3 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Ken Leung
American actor, born 1970
Telly Leung
American actor and musician, born 1980
Leung Nok Hang
Association football player, born 1994

Notable Leungs come mostly from the United States (2) and British Hong Kong (1).

Spellings and sound-alikes

Useful when a record has your ancestor under another spelling

Variant spellings

Leong

Surnames that sound like Leung

Leung 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 Leung come from?: Borrowed from Cantonese 梁 (loeng⁴).
How common is the surname Leung?: 20,496 people in the United States had the surname Leung in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 15,064 Americans. It ranked 1,747th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Leung?: In the 2010 Census, 94% of people named Leung identified as Asian and Pacific Islander, and 2.2% as two or more races.
Who is the most famous person named Leung?: Ken Leung, American actor, followed by Telly Leung.
Where is the surname Leung most common?: Wikidata records people named Leung in the United States and British Hong Kong.
How do you pronounce Leung?: Leung is /liʌŋ/, one syllable.
Is the surname Leung getting more or less common?: More common. 18,140 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 20,496 in 2010, up 13%.
What are other spellings of Leung?: Leong.