How common is the surname Maung?

1,023 people in the United States had the surname Maung in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 301,804 Americans. It ranked 24,466th of 162,253 surnames.

Is the surname Maung getting more or less common?

More common. 500 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,023 in 2010, up 105%.

The surname Maung

A Burmese surname, carried by 1,023 people in the United States.

1 syllable Soundex M520

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Maung is more common than 84.9% of them.

Origin

Burmese origin

Borrowing from Burmese မောင် (maung).

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 1,023 people named Maung in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 301,804 Americans. That is up 105% since 2000, when the Census counted 500.

#24,466

rank among US surnames

1,023

people in 2010

0.3

per 100,000 Americans

+104.6%

change since 2000 (was #41,130)

Who is named Maung

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

93% of people named Maung identified as Asian and Pacific Islander, 3.0% as two or more races and 2.9% as white (not Hispanic).

Asian and Pacific Islander 93%
Two or more races 3.0%
White (not Hispanic) 2.9%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 0.5%

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

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Surnames that sound like Maung

Maung has the Soundex code M520, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code M520.

Questions

Where does the surname Maung come from?: Borrowing from Burmese မောင် (maung).
How common is the surname Maung?: 1,023 people in the United States had the surname Maung in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 301,804 Americans. It ranked 24,466th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Maung?: In the 2010 Census, 93% of people named Maung identified as Asian and Pacific Islander, and 3.0% as two or more races.
Is the surname Maung getting more or less common?: More common. 500 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,023 in 2010, up 105%.