The surname Narang
A Punjabi surname, carried by 860 people in the United States.
2 syllables Soundex N652
Origin
Punjabi origin
Borrowed from Punjabi ਨਾਰੰਗ (nāraṅg). Compare with Punjabi ਨਾਰੰਗੀ (nāraṅgī, “orange”), Classical Persian نارنگ (nārang, “orange”) and Punjabi ਨੌਰੰਗਾ (nauraṅgā, “Indian pitta”, literally “nine-colored”); the first two are doublets of orange.
One of 39 Punjabi surnames on this site.
Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How common it is
2010 US Census
There were 860 people named Narang in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 359,006 Americans. That is up 64% since 2000, when the Census counted 523.
Who is named Narang
Race and Hispanic origin as people reported it in the 2010 Census
91% of people named Narang identified as Asian and Pacific Islander, 3.3% as white (not Hispanic) and 2.4% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
- Asian and Pacific Islander 91%
- White (not Hispanic) 3.3%
- Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.4%
- Two or more races 2.3%
- Black (not Hispanic) 0.7%
Compare: most common surnames among Asian and Pacific Islander Americans.
Spellings and sound-alikes
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Surnames that sound like Narang
Narang has the Soundex code N652, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code N652.
Other Punjabi surnames
Questions
- Where does the surname Narang come from?
- Borrowed from Punjabi ਨਾਰੰਗ (nāraṅg). Compare with Punjabi ਨਾਰੰਗੀ (nāraṅgī, “orange”), Classical Persian نارنگ (nārang, “orange”) and Punjabi ਨੌਰੰਗਾ (nauraṅgā, “Indian pitta”, literally “nine-colored”); the first two are doublets of orange.
- How common is the surname Narang?
- 860 people in the United States had the surname Narang in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 359,006 Americans. It ranked 27,898th of 162,253 surnames.
- What ethnicity is the surname Narang?
- In the 2010 Census, 91% of people named Narang identified as Asian and Pacific Islander, and 3.3% as white (not Hispanic).
- Is the surname Narang getting more or less common?
- More common. 523 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 860 in 2010, up 64%.