The surname Rong
A surname, carried by 1,444 people in the United States.
1 syllable Soundex R520
How common it is
2010 US Census
There were 1,444 people named Rong in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 213,813 Americans. That is up 59% since 2000, when the Census counted 911.
#18,910
rank among US surnames
1,444
people in 2010
0.5
per 100,000 Americans
+58.5%
change since 2000 (was #25,484)
Who is named Rong
Race and Hispanic origin as people reported it in the 2010 Census
95% of people named Rong identified as Asian and Pacific Islander, 3.3% as white (not Hispanic).
- Asian and Pacific Islander 95%
- White (not Hispanic) 3.3%
- Two or more races 0.8%
- Black (not Hispanic) 0.6%
- Hispanic or Latino (any race) 0.5%
Compare: most common surnames among Asian and Pacific Islander Americans.
Spellings and sound-alikes
Useful when a record has your ancestor under another spelling
Rong has the Soundex code R520, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code R520.
Questions
- How common is the surname Rong?
- 1,444 people in the United States had the surname Rong in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 213,813 Americans. It ranked 18,910th of 162,253 surnames.
- What ethnicity is the surname Rong?
- In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Rong identified as Asian and Pacific Islander, and 3.3% as white (not Hispanic).
- Is the surname Rong getting more or less common?
- More common. 911 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,444 in 2010, up 59%.