The surname Vong
A Khmer surname, carried by 4,443 people in the United States.
1 syllable Soundex V520
Origin
Khmer origin
From Khmer វង្ស (vŭəng) or Lao ວົງ (wong).
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 4,443 people named Vong in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 69,490 Americans. That is up 43% since 2000, when the Census counted 3,100.
Who is named Vong
Race and Hispanic origin as people reported it in the 2010 Census
93% of people named Vong identified as Asian and Pacific Islander, 4.3% as white (not Hispanic) and 1.6% as two or more races.
- Asian and Pacific Islander 93%
- White (not Hispanic) 4.3%
- Two or more races 1.6%
- Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.2%
Compare: most common surnames among Asian and Pacific Islander Americans.
Spellings and sound-alikes
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Vong has the Soundex code V520, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code V520.
Other Khmer surnames
Questions
- Where does the surname Vong come from?
- From Khmer វង្ស (vŭəng) or Lao ວົງ (wong).
- How common is the surname Vong?
- 4,443 people in the United States had the surname Vong in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 69,490 Americans. It ranked 7,496th of 162,253 surnames.
- What ethnicity is the surname Vong?
- In the 2010 Census, 93% of people named Vong identified as Asian and Pacific Islander, and 4.3% as white (not Hispanic).
- Is the surname Vong getting more or less common?
- More common. 3,100 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 4,443 in 2010, up 43%.