How common is the surname Phung?

7,155 people in the United States had the surname Phung in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 43,151 Americans. It ranked 4,915th of 162,253 surnames.

Is the surname Phung getting more or less common?

More common. 5,387 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 7,155 in 2010, up 33%.

The surname Phung

A Vietnamese surname, carried by 7,155 people in the United States.

1 syllable Soundex P520

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Phung is more common than 97% of them.

Origin

Vietnamese origin

Borrowed from Vietnamese Phùng, from Chinese 馮 /冯 (ㄈㄥˊ). Doublet of Feng, Fung.

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 7,155 people named Phung in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 43,151 Americans. That is up 33% since 2000, when the Census counted 5,387.

#4,915

rank among US surnames

7,155

people in 2010

2.4

per 100,000 Americans

+32.8%

change since 2000 (was #5,882)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#4,906	Whitmire	7,179	43,007
#4,907	Gabel	7,177	43,019
#4,908	Pride	7,172	43,049
#4,909	Encarnacion	7,171	43,055
#4,910	Null	7,170	43,061
#4,912	Binkley	7,159	43,127
#4,913	Blodgett	7,157	43,139

Who is named Phung

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

97% of people named Phung identified as Asian and Pacific Islander, 1.3% as two or more races and 1.0% as white (not Hispanic).

Asian and Pacific Islander 97%
Two or more races 1.3%
White (not Hispanic) 1.0%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 0.7%
Black (not Hispanic) 0.1%

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

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Phung

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

Other Vietnamese surnames

All 31 Vietnamese surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Phung come from?: Borrowed from Vietnamese Phùng, from Chinese 馮 /冯 (ㄈㄥˊ). Doublet of Feng, Fung.
How common is the surname Phung?: 7,155 people in the United States had the surname Phung in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 43,151 Americans. It ranked 4,915th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Phung?: In the 2010 Census, 97% of people named Phung identified as Asian and Pacific Islander, and 1.3% as two or more races.
Is the surname Phung getting more or less common?: More common. 5,387 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 7,155 in 2010, up 33%.