The surname Tsang
A Chinese surname, carried by 6,860 people in the United States.
Pronounced /sæŋ/ 1 syllable Soundex T252
Origin
Chinese origin
From Cantonese 曾 (zang¹).
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 6,860 people named Tsang in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 45,007 Americans. That is up 15% since 2000, when the Census counted 5,943.
| Rank | Surname | People | 1 in |
|---|---|---|---|
| #5,097 | Krauss | 6,865 | 44,974 |
| #5,100 | Desantiago | 6,864 | 44,980 |
| #5,101 | Hang | 6,863 | 44,987 |
| #5,103 | Tsang | 6,860 | 45,007 |
Who is named Tsang
Race and Hispanic origin as people reported it in the 2010 Census
94% of people named Tsang identified as Asian and Pacific Islander, 2.2% as white (not Hispanic) and 2.1% as two or more races.
- Asian and Pacific Islander 94%
- White (not Hispanic) 2.2%
- Two or more races 2.1%
- Hispanic or Latino (any race) 0.8%
- Black (not Hispanic) 0.6%
Compare: most common surnames among Asian and Pacific Islander Americans.
Spellings and sound-alikes
Useful when a record has your ancestor under another spelling
Tsang has the Soundex code T252, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code T252.
Other Chinese surnames
Questions
- Where does the surname Tsang come from?
- From Cantonese 曾 (zang¹).
- How common is the surname Tsang?
- 6,860 people in the United States had the surname Tsang in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 45,007 Americans. It ranked 5,103rd of 162,253 surnames.
- What ethnicity is the surname Tsang?
- In the 2010 Census, 94% of people named Tsang identified as Asian and Pacific Islander, and 2.2% as white (not Hispanic).
- How do you pronounce Tsang?
- Tsang is /sæŋ/, one syllable.
- Is the surname Tsang getting more or less common?
- More common. 5,943 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 6,860 in 2010, up 15%.