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    The surname Nguy

    A Vietnamese surname, carried by 1,223 people in the United States.

    1 syllable Soundex N200

    Nguy: #21,393 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Nguy #21,393, 1,223 people Nguy: #21,393 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Nguy #21,393, 1,223 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Nguy is more common than 86.8% of them.

    Origin

    Vietnamese origin

    A surname from Vietnamese.

    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 1,223 people named Nguy in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 252,449 Americans. That is up 22% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,005.

    #21,393
    rank among US surnames
    1,223
    people in 2010
    0.4
    per 100,000 Americans
    +21.7%
    change since 2000 (was #23,547)

    Who is named Nguy

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

    97% of people named Nguy identified as Asian and Pacific Islander, 1.5% as two or more races.

    • Asian and Pacific Islander 97%
    • Two or more races 1.5%
    • White (not Hispanic) 1.0%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 0.6%
    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 Nguy

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

    Other Vietnamese surnames

    All 31 Vietnamese surnames

    Questions

    Where does the surname Nguy come from?
    Nguy is Vietnamese in origin.
    How common is the surname Nguy?
    1,223 people in the United States had the surname Nguy in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 252,449 Americans. It ranked 21,393rd of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Nguy?
    In the 2010 Census, 97% of people named Nguy identified as Asian and Pacific Islander, and 1.5% as two or more races.
    Is the surname Nguy getting more or less common?
    More common. 1,005 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,223 in 2010, up 22%.