How common is the surname Seng?

4,563 people in the United States had the surname Seng in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 67,663 Americans. It ranked 7,311th of 162,253 surnames.

Is the surname Seng getting more or less common?

More common. 3,588 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 4,563 in 2010, up 27%.

The surname Seng

A surname, carried by 4,563 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). Seng is more common than 95.5% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 4,563 people named Seng in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 67,663 Americans. That is up 27% since 2000, when the Census counted 3,588.

#7,311

rank among US surnames

4,563

people in 2010

1.6

per 100,000 Americans

+27.2%

change since 2000 (was #8,457)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#7,303	Bobadilla	4,566	67,618
#7,305	Hardeman	4,565	67,633
#7,308	Levan	4,564	67,648
#7,311	Casale	4,563	67,663
#7,314	Struble	4,562	67,678
#7,315	Cofer	4,561	67,693
#7,317	Monte	4,560	67,707

Who is named Seng

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

55% of people named Seng identified as Asian and Pacific Islander, 38% as white (not Hispanic) and 5.2% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Asian and Pacific Islander 55%
White (not Hispanic) 38%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 5.2%
Two or more races 1.8%

The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Black, Native American are not shown.

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

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Seng

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

Questions

How common is the surname Seng?: 4,563 people in the United States had the surname Seng in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 67,663 Americans. It ranked 7,311th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Seng?: In the 2010 Census, 55% of people named Seng identified as Asian and Pacific Islander, and 38% as white (not Hispanic).
Is the surname Seng getting more or less common?: More common. 3,588 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 4,563 in 2010, up 27%.