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    The surname Luong

    A Vietnamese surname, carried by 14,464 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex L520

    Luong: #2,499 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer#10,001Dubon Luong #2,499, 14,464 people Luong: #2,499 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Luong #2,499, 14,464 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Luong is more common than 98.5% of them.

    Origin

    Vietnamese origin

    Borrowed from Vietnamese Lương.

    One of 31 Vietnamese surnames on this site.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 14,464 people named Luong in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 21,346 Americans. That is up 29% since 2000, when the Census counted 11,214.

    #2,499
    rank among US surnames
    14,464
    people in 2010
    4.9
    per 100,000 Americans
    +29%
    change since 2000 (was #2,951)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #2,490Hostetler14,50521,285
    #2,491Herrington14,49821,296
    #2,492Higginbotham14,48921,309
    #2,493Carnes14,48721,312
    #2,494Tobias14,48221,319
    #2,495Soria14,47721,327
    #2,496Limon14,47221,334

    Who is named Luong

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

    97% of people named Luong identified as Asian and Pacific Islander, 1.4% as two or more races and 1.1% as white (not Hispanic).

    • Asian and Pacific Islander 97%
    • Two or more races 1.4%
    • White (not Hispanic) 1.1%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 0.7%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 0.1%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.0%

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

    Famous Luongs

    1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

    • Keshi
      American singer, songwriter and record producer, born 1994

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Luong

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

    Other Vietnamese surnames

    All 31 Vietnamese surnames

    Questions

    Where does the surname Luong come from?
    Borrowed from Vietnamese Lương.
    How common is the surname Luong?
    14,464 people in the United States had the surname Luong in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 21,346 Americans. It ranked 2,499th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Luong?
    In the 2010 Census, 97% of people named Luong identified as Asian and Pacific Islander, and 1.4% as two or more races.
    Who is the most famous person named Luong?
    Keshi, American singer, songwriter and record producer.
    Where is the surname Luong most common?
    Wikidata records people named Luong in the United States.
    Is the surname Luong getting more or less common?
    More common. 11,214 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 14,464 in 2010, up 29%.