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    The surname Taing

    A Khmer surname, carried by 2,350 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex T520

    Taing: #13,065 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Taing #13,065, 2,350 people Taing: #13,065 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Taing #13,065, 2,350 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Taing is more common than 91.9% of them.

    Origin

    Khmer origin

    From Khmer តាំង (tang).

    One of 19 Khmer surnames on this site.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 2,350 people named Taing in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 131,381 Americans. That is up 37% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,718.

    #13,065
    rank among US surnames
    2,350
    people in 2010
    0.8
    per 100,000 Americans
    +36.8%
    change since 2000 (was #15,619)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #13,057Vowell2,351131,325
    #13,065Crownover2,350131,381
    #13,073Nutting2,349131,437

    Who is named Taing

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

    91% of people named Taing identified as Asian and Pacific Islander, 3.9% as white (not Hispanic) and 2.0% as two or more races.

    • Asian and Pacific Islander 91%
    • White (not Hispanic) 3.9%
    • Two or more races 2.0%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 1.4%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.4%

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

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Taing

    Taing has the Soundex code T520, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code T520.

    Other Khmer surnames

    All 19 Khmer surnames

    Questions

    Where does the surname Taing come from?
    From Khmer តាំង (tang).
    How common is the surname Taing?
    2,350 people in the United States had the surname Taing in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 131,381 Americans. It ranked 13,065th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Taing?
    In the 2010 Census, 91% of people named Taing identified as Asian and Pacific Islander, and 3.9% as white (not Hispanic).
    Is the surname Taing getting more or less common?
    More common. 1,718 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,350 in 2010, up 37%.