How common is the surname Trang?

2,236 people in the United States had the surname Trang in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 138,079 Americans. It ranked 13,564th of 162,253 surnames.

Is the surname Trang getting more or less common?

More common. 1,898 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,236 in 2010, up 18%.

Is Trang also a first name?

Yes. Trang is used as a first name as well as a surname; its first-name page has the meaning and how many babies were given it.

The surname Trang

A Vietnamese surname, carried by 2,236 people in the United States.

1 syllable Soundex T652

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Trang is more common than 91.6% of them.

Origin

Vietnamese origin

Borrowed from Vietnamese Trang. Doublet of Zhuang.

One of 31 Vietnamese surnames on this site.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 2,236 people named Trang in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 138,079 Americans. That is up 18% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,898.

#13,564

rank among US surnames

2,236

people in 2010

0.8

per 100,000 Americans

+17.8%

change since 2000 (was #14,432)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#13,564	Trang	2,236	138,079
#13,569	Umberger	2,235	138,141
#13,572	Boler	2,234	138,203

Who is named Trang

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

95% of people named Trang identified as Asian and Pacific Islander, 2.6% as white (not Hispanic) and 1.5% as two or more races.

Asian and Pacific Islander 95%
White (not Hispanic) 2.6%
Two or more races 1.5%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 0.6%

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 Trang

Trang has the Soundex code T652, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code T652.

Other Vietnamese surnames

All 31 Vietnamese surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Trang come from?: Borrowed from Vietnamese Trang. Doublet of Zhuang.
How common is the surname Trang?: 2,236 people in the United States had the surname Trang in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 138,079 Americans. It ranked 13,564th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Trang?: In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Trang identified as Asian and Pacific Islander, and 2.6% as white (not Hispanic).
Is the surname Trang getting more or less common?: More common. 1,898 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,236 in 2010, up 18%.
Is Trang also a first name?: Yes. Trang is used as a first name as well as a surname; its first-name page has the meaning and how many babies were given it.