The surname Truong
A Vietnamese surname, carried by 38,267 people in the United States.
1 syllable Soundex T652
Origin
Vietnamese origin
Borrowed from Vietnamese Trương. Doublet of Zhang.
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 38,267 people named Truong in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 8,068 Americans. That is up 38% since 2000, when the Census counted 27,808.
Who is named Truong
Race and Hispanic origin as people reported it in the 2010 Census
97% of people named Truong identified as Asian and Pacific Islander, 1.6% as two or more races.
- Asian and Pacific Islander 97%
- Two or more races 1.6%
- White (not Hispanic) 0.8%
- Hispanic or Latino (any race) 0.6%
- Black (not Hispanic) 0.1%
- American Indian and Alaska Native 0.0%
Compare: most common surnames among Asian and Pacific Islander Americans.
Spellings and sound-alikes
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Variant spellings
- Troung
Surnames that sound like Truong
Truong has the Soundex code T652, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code T652.
Other Vietnamese surnames
Questions
- Where does the surname Truong come from?
- Borrowed from Vietnamese Trương. Doublet of Zhang.
- How common is the surname Truong?
- 38,267 people in the United States had the surname Truong in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 8,068 Americans. It ranked 903rd of 162,253 surnames.
- What ethnicity is the surname Truong?
- In the 2010 Census, 97% of people named Truong identified as Asian and Pacific Islander, and 1.6% as two or more races.
- Is the surname Truong getting more or less common?
- More common. 27,808 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 38,267 in 2010, up 38%.
- What are other spellings of Truong?
- Troung.