How common is the surname Peng?

10,575 people in the United States had the surname Peng in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 29,196 Americans. It ranked 3,374th of 162,253 surnames.

Is the surname Peng getting more or less common?

More common. 6,460 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 10,575 in 2010, up 64%.

Is Peng also a first name?

Yes. Peng is used as a first name as well as a surname; its first-name page has the meaning and how many babies were given it.

The surname Peng

A Chinese surname, carried by 10,575 people in the United States.

1 syllable Soundex P520 Also a first name

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Peng is more common than 97.9% of them.

Origin

Chinese origin

Borrowed from Mandarin 彭 (Péng).

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 10,575 people named Peng in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 29,196 Americans. That is up 64% since 2000, when the Census counted 6,460.

#3,374

rank among US surnames

10,575

people in 2010

3.6

per 100,000 Americans

+63.7%

change since 2000 (was #4,989)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#3,365	Montenegro	10,606	29,110
#3,366	Gulley	10,605	29,113
#3,367	Maples	10,603	29,119
#3,368	Galarza	10,601	29,124
#3,369	Wenger	10,596	29,138
#3,370	Zeller	10,595	29,141
#3,371	Carbone	10,591	29,152

Who is named Peng

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

76% of people named Peng identified as Asian and Pacific Islander, 20% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 2.6% as white (not Hispanic).

Asian and Pacific Islander 76%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 20%
White (not Hispanic) 2.6%
Two or more races 1.2%
Black (not Hispanic) 0.4%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.1%

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

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Peng

Peng has the Soundex code P520, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code P520.

Other Chinese surnames

All 193 Chinese surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Peng come from?: Borrowed from Mandarin 彭 (Péng).
How common is the surname Peng?: 10,575 people in the United States had the surname Peng in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 29,196 Americans. It ranked 3,374th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Peng?: In the 2010 Census, 76% of people named Peng identified as Asian and Pacific Islander, and 20% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Is the surname Peng getting more or less common?: More common. 6,460 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 10,575 in 2010, up 64%.
Is Peng also a first name?: Yes. Peng is used as a first name as well as a surname; its first-name page has the meaning and how many babies were given it.