How common is the surname Ng?

31,210 people in the United States had the surname Ng in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 9,893 Americans. It ranked 1,125th of 162,253 surnames.

Who is the most famous person named Ng?

Andrew Y. Ng, American artificial intelligence researcher, followed by Celeste Ng.

Where is the surname Ng most common?

Wikidata records people named Ng in the United States, the United Kingdom and Canada and 2 other countries.

Is the surname Ng getting more or less common?

More common. 27,537 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 31,210 in 2010, up 13%.

The surname Ng

A Chinese surname, carried by 31,210 people in the United States.

Pronounced /əŋ/ 1 syllable Soundex N200

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Ng is more common than 99.3% of them.

Origin

Chinese origin

From various Chinese surnames, including: * Hokkien 黃 /黄 (N̂g) * Cantonese 吳 /吴 (ng⁴) and 伍 (ng⁵) The Philippine pronunciation is influenced by Tagalog ng.

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 31,210 people named Ng in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 9,893 Americans. That is up 13% since 2000, when the Census counted 27,537.

#1,125

rank among US surnames

31,210

people in 2010

per 100,000 Americans

+13.3%

change since 2000 (was #1,168)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#1,116	Craft	31,452	9,816
#1,117	Odell	31,349	9,849
#1,118	Daly	31,330	9,855
#1,119	Winter	31,310	9,861
#1,120	Abraham	31,303	9,863
#1,121	Baez	31,298	9,865
#1,122	Rodrigues	31,280	9,870

Who is named Ng

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

93% of people named Ng identified as Asian and Pacific Islander, 2.8% as two or more races and 1.9% as white (not Hispanic).

Asian and Pacific Islander 93%
Two or more races 2.8%
White (not Hispanic) 1.9%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.8%
Black (not Hispanic) 0.2%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.0%

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

Famous Ngs

7 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Andrew Y. Ng
American artificial intelligence researcher, born 1976
Celeste Ng
American novelist, born 1980
Philip Ng
American actor based in Hong Kong, born 1977
Esther Eng
American film director and restauranteur, 1914–1970
Toby Ng
Badminton player, born 1985
Ng Tsz Yau
Badminton player from Hong Kong, born 1998
Chapman To
A well-known actor from Hong Kong who later moved to Taiwan and obtained Taiwanese citizen, born 1972

Notable Ngs come mostly from the United States (3), the United Kingdom (1) and Canada (1).

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Ng

Ng has the Soundex code N200, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code N200.

Other Chinese surnames

All 193 Chinese surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Ng come from?: From various Chinese surnames, including: * Hokkien 黃 /黄 (N̂g) * Cantonese 吳 /吴 (ng⁴) and 伍 (ng⁵) The Philippine pronunciation is influenced by Tagalog ng.
How common is the surname Ng?: 31,210 people in the United States had the surname Ng in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 9,893 Americans. It ranked 1,125th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Ng?: In the 2010 Census, 93% of people named Ng identified as Asian and Pacific Islander, and 2.8% as two or more races.
Who is the most famous person named Ng?: Andrew Y. Ng, American artificial intelligence researcher, followed by Celeste Ng.
Where is the surname Ng most common?: Wikidata records people named Ng in the United States, the United Kingdom and Canada and 2 other countries.
How do you pronounce Ng?: Ng is /əŋ/, one syllable.
Is the surname Ng getting more or less common?: More common. 27,537 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 31,210 in 2010, up 13%.