How common is the surname Sang?

2,146 people in the United States had the surname Sang in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 143,870 Americans. It ranked 14,038th of 162,253 surnames.

Is the surname Sang getting more or less common?

More common. 1,577 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,146 in 2010, up 36%.

The surname Sang

A Chinese surname, carried by 2,146 people in the United States.

1 syllable Soundex S520

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Sang is more common than 91.3% of them.

Origin

Chinese origin

As a surname, from: *Khmer សង (sɑɑng) *Korean 상 (sang) *Mandarin 桑 (Sāng) *Cantonese 生 (saang¹)

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 2,146 people named Sang in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 143,870 Americans. That is up 36% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,577.

#14,038

rank among US surnames

2,146

people in 2010

0.7

per 100,000 Americans

+36.1%

change since 2000 (was #16,706)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#14,030	Dziedzic	2,147	143,803
#14,038	Sang	2,146	143,870
#14,042	Viator	2,145	143,937
#14,046	Jolliff	2,144	144,004

Who is named Sang

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

65% of people named Sang identified as Asian and Pacific Islander, 13% as white (not Hispanic) and 9.2% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Asian and Pacific Islander 65%
White (not Hispanic) 13%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 9.2%
Black (not Hispanic) 8.7%
Two or more races 4.0%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.3%

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

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Sang

Sang has the Soundex code S520, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code S520.

Other Chinese surnames

All 193 Chinese surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Sang come from?: As a surname, from: *Khmer សង (sɑɑng) *Korean 상 (sang) *Mandarin 桑 (Sāng) *Cantonese 生 (saang¹)
How common is the surname Sang?: 2,146 people in the United States had the surname Sang in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 143,870 Americans. It ranked 14,038th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Sang?: In the 2010 Census, 65% of people named Sang identified as Asian and Pacific Islander, and 13% as white (not Hispanic).
Is the surname Sang getting more or less common?: More common. 1,577 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,146 in 2010, up 36%.