# Ouyang (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/ouyang/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. Counts from the US Census Bureau; origin and etymology from Wiktionary; bearers from Wikidata. Data updated 2026-11-11.

A surname from Chinese.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | Chinese |
| Type | not recorded |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 1,968 |
| US rank (2010) | 15,005 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 156,883 people |
| Change since 2000 | +86% (1,061 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Etymology

From Mandarin 歐陽 /欧阳 (Ōuyáng).

## Who carries it

Share of people named Ouyang in the 2010 US Census by the Census's own race and ethnicity groups. The Census suppresses a share when the count behind it is small.

| Group | Share |
|---|---|
| White (not Hispanic) | 0.8% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 98% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 0.0% |
| Two or more races | 1.2% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Ouyang in the United States.

## People named Ouyang

- MC Jin, American rapper and actor

## Similar surnames

Owens, Ong, Owings.

## How to read these numbers

A Census count is people alive and counted in 2010, not births, and names occurring fewer than 100 times are not published at all. Ethnicity shares are the Census's own categories.