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    The surname Vang

    A surname, carried by 48,036 people in the United States.

    1 syllable Soundex V520

    Vang: #726 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#10,001Dubon Vang #726, 48,036 people Vang: #726 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Vang #726, 48,036 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Vang is more common than 99.6% of them.

    Origin

    * As a North Germanic surname, from derivatives of Old Norse vangr (“field”) (such as modern Swedish vång). * As a Jewish surname, spelling variant of Wang. * As a Hmongic surname, from White Hmong Vaj, White Hmong Vaaj, or Khmer វ៉ាង (vaang).

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 48,036 people named Vang in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 6,427 Americans. That is up 49% since 2000, when the Census counted 32,333.

    #726
    rank among US surnames
    48,036
    people in 2010
    16
    per 100,000 Americans
    +48.6%
    change since 2000 (was #982)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #717Hobbs48,5226,363
    #718Keith48,4876,368
    #719Wilkerson48,4446,373
    #720Ahmed48,3196,390
    #721Beard48,2076,405
    #722McClain48,1656,410
    #723Montes48,1426,413

    Who is named Vang

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

    97% of people named Vang identified as Asian and Pacific Islander, 1.4% as two or more races and 1.4% as white (not Hispanic).

    • Asian and Pacific Islander 97%
    • Two or more races 1.4%
    • White (not Hispanic) 1.4%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 0.4%
    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.

    Famous Vangs

    1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

    • Bee Vang
      American actor, born 1991

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Vang

    Vang has the Soundex code V520, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code V520.

    Questions

    Where does the surname Vang come from?
    * As a North Germanic surname, from derivatives of Old Norse vangr (“field”) (such as modern Swedish vång). * As a Jewish surname, spelling variant of Wang. * As a Hmongic surname, from White Hmong Vaj, White Hmong Vaaj, or Khmer វ៉ាង (vaang).
    How common is the surname Vang?
    48,036 people in the United States had the surname Vang in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 6,427 Americans. It ranked 726th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Vang?
    In the 2010 Census, 97% of people named Vang identified as Asian and Pacific Islander, and 1.4% as two or more races.
    Who is the most famous person named Vang?
    Bee Vang, American actor.
    Where is the surname Vang most common?
    Wikidata records people named Vang in the United States.
    Is the surname Vang getting more or less common?
    More common. 32,333 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 48,036 in 2010, up 49%.