The surname Uy
A Khmer surname, carried by 3,633 people in the United States.
2 syllables Soundex U000
Origin
Khmer origin
Derived from Khmer អ៊ុយ (ʼuy).
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 3,633 people named Uy in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 84,984 Americans. That is up 48% since 2000, when the Census counted 2,461.
Who is named Uy
Race and Hispanic origin as people reported it in the 2010 Census
91% of people named Uy identified as Asian and Pacific Islander, 3.2% as two or more races and 2.8% as white (not Hispanic).
- Asian and Pacific Islander 91%
- Two or more races 3.2%
- White (not Hispanic) 2.8%
- Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.3%
Compare: most common surnames among Asian and Pacific Islander Americans.
Spellings and sound-alikes
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Variant spellings
Uy has the Soundex code U000, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code U000.
Other Khmer surnames
Questions
- Where does the surname Uy come from?
- Derived from Khmer អ៊ុយ (ʼuy).
- How common is the surname Uy?
- 3,633 people in the United States had the surname Uy in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 84,984 Americans. It ranked 9,003rd of 162,253 surnames.
- What ethnicity is the surname Uy?
- In the 2010 Census, 91% of people named Uy identified as Asian and Pacific Islander, and 3.2% as two or more races.
- Is the surname Uy getting more or less common?
- More common. 2,461 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 3,633 in 2010, up 48%.
- What are other spellings of Uy?
- Wee, Ng, Ooi, Oey and Oei.