The surname Thong
A surname, carried by 1,378 people in the United States.
1 syllable Soundex T520
Origin
A surname.
Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How common it is
2010 US Census
There were 1,378 people named Thong in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 224,053 Americans. That is up 19% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,156.
Who is named Thong
Race and Hispanic origin as people reported it in the 2010 Census
93% of people named Thong identified as Asian and Pacific Islander, 2.8% as two or more races and 2.5% as Black (not Hispanic).
- Asian and Pacific Islander 93%
- Two or more races 2.8%
- Black (not Hispanic) 2.5%
- White (not Hispanic) 1.2%
Compare: most common surnames among Asian and Pacific Islander Americans.
Spellings and sound-alikes
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Thong has the Soundex code T520, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code T520.
Questions
- How common is the surname Thong?
- 1,378 people in the United States had the surname Thong in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 224,053 Americans. It ranked 19,581st of 162,253 surnames.
- What ethnicity is the surname Thong?
- In the 2010 Census, 93% of people named Thong identified as Asian and Pacific Islander, and 2.8% as two or more races.
- Is the surname Thong getting more or less common?
- More common. 1,156 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,378 in 2010, up 19%.