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    The surname Voong

    A surname, carried by 1,191 people in the United States.

    1 syllable Soundex V520

    Voong: #21,830 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Voong #21,830, 1,191 people Voong: #21,830 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Voong #21,830, 1,191 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Voong is more common than 86.5% of them.

    Origin

    A surname.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 1,191 people named Voong in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 259,232 Americans. That is up 26% since 2000, when the Census counted 948.

    #21,830
    rank among US surnames
    1,191
    people in 2010
    0.4
    per 100,000 Americans
    +25.6%
    change since 2000 (was #24,680)

    Who is named Voong

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

    99% of people named Voong identified as Asian and Pacific Islander.

    • Asian and Pacific Islander 99%
    • Two or more races 0.5%
    The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; White, Hispanic are not shown.

    Compare: most common surnames among Asian and Pacific Islander Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Voong

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

    Questions

    How common is the surname Voong?
    1,191 people in the United States had the surname Voong in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 259,232 Americans. It ranked 21,830th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Voong?
    In the 2010 Census, 99% of people named Voong identified as Asian and Pacific Islander, and 0.5% as two or more races.
    Is the surname Voong getting more or less common?
    More common. 948 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,191 in 2010, up 26%.