How common is the surname Vuong?

9,407 people in the United States had the surname Vuong in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 32,821 Americans. It ranked 3,766th of 162,253 surnames.

Is the surname Vuong getting more or less common?

More common. 7,148 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 9,407 in 2010, up 32%.

The surname Vuong

A Vietnamese surname, carried by 9,407 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex V520

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Vuong is more common than 97.7% of them.

Origin

Vietnamese origin

Borrowed from Vietnamese Vương, from 王 (“king”). Doublet of Wang and Wong.

One of 31 Vietnamese surnames on this site.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 9,407 people named Vuong in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 32,821 Americans. That is up 32% since 2000, when the Census counted 7,148.

#3,766

rank among US surnames

9,407

people in 2010

3.2

per 100,000 Americans

+31.6%

change since 2000 (was #4,556)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#3,757	Toler	9,427	32,751
#3,758	Cohn	9,426	32,755
#3,759	Seaton	9,423	32,765
#3,760	Ashford	9,421	32,772
#3,761	Dallas	9,418	32,782
#3,762	Batchelor	9,417	32,786
#3,763	Cedeno	9,412	32,803

Who is named Vuong

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

97% of people named Vuong identified as Asian and Pacific Islander, 1.6% as two or more races.

Asian and Pacific Islander 97%
Two or more races 1.6%
White (not Hispanic) 0.9%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 0.8%

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.

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Vuong

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

Other Vietnamese surnames

All 31 Vietnamese surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Vuong come from?: Borrowed from Vietnamese Vương, from 王 (“king”). Doublet of Wang and Wong.
How common is the surname Vuong?: 9,407 people in the United States had the surname Vuong in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 32,821 Americans. It ranked 3,766th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Vuong?: In the 2010 Census, 97% of people named Vuong identified as Asian and Pacific Islander, and 1.6% as two or more races.
Is the surname Vuong getting more or less common?: More common. 7,148 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 9,407 in 2010, up 32%.