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    The surname Sung

    A Chinese surname, carried by 7,360 people in the United States.

    1 syllable Soundex S520

    Sung: #4,801 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Sung #4,801, 7,360 people Sung: #4,801 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Sung #4,801, 7,360 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Sung is more common than 97% of them.

    Origin

    Chinese origin

    From Chinese 宋 (Sòng) Wade–Giles romanization: Sung⁴.

    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 7,360 people named Sung in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 41,949 Americans. That is up 35% since 2000, when the Census counted 5,439.

    #4,801
    rank among US surnames
    7,360
    people in 2010
    2.5
    per 100,000 Americans
    +35.3%
    change since 2000 (was #5,820)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #4,792Pomeroy7,37741,852
    #4,793Dabney7,37641,858
    #4,794Duckett7,37541,864
    #4,795McReynolds7,37341,875
    #4,796Shane7,37241,881
    #4,797Bettencourt7,36541,921
    #4,799Crites7,36341,932

    Who is named Sung

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

    94% of people named Sung identified as Asian and Pacific Islander, 2.6% as white (not Hispanic) and 1.9% as two or more races.

    • Asian and Pacific Islander 94%
    • White (not Hispanic) 2.6%
    • Two or more races 1.9%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 0.9%
    • 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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    Variant spellings

    Surnames that sound like Sung

    Sung 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 Sung come from?
    From Chinese 宋 (Sòng) Wade–Giles romanization: Sung⁴.
    How common is the surname Sung?
    7,360 people in the United States had the surname Sung in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 41,949 Americans. It ranked 4,801st of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Sung?
    In the 2010 Census, 94% of people named Sung identified as Asian and Pacific Islander, and 2.6% as white (not Hispanic).
    Is the surname Sung getting more or less common?
    More common. 5,439 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 7,360 in 2010, up 35%.
    What are other spellings of Sung?
    Song and Soong.