# Liang (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/liang/  
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 Chinese.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | Chinese |
| Type | not recorded |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 24,140 |
| US rank (2010) | 1,480 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 12,790 people |
| Change since 2000 | +71% (14,095 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Etymology

From Mandarin 梁 (Liáng). Doublet of Niu.

## Who carries it

Share of people named Liang 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) | 1.4% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 0.5% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 97% |
| Two or more races | 1.2% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Liang in the United States, the People's Republic of China and British Hong Kong.

## People named Liang

- Awonder Liang, American chess player
- Liang Wengen, Billionaire and member of the Central Committee of the Chinese Communist Party
- Al Leong, American actor and stuntman
- William Leong Kuan-Pui
- Leung Nok Hang, association football player

## Similar surnames

Lang, Link, Ling, Laing, Lingo, Lange, Lawing, Lins, Long, Lynch, Lyons, Lemus.

## 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.