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    The surname Whang

    A surname, carried by 1,522 people in the United States.

    1 syllable Soundex W520

    Whang: #18,253 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Whang #18,253, 1,522 people Whang: #18,253 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Whang #18,253, 1,522 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Whang is more common than 88.8% of them.

    Origin

    From Chinese 黃 /黄 (huáng) (also Mandarin 黃 /黄 (huáng), Chinese 王 (wáng), Korean 황 (hwang), or Korean 왕 (wang)

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 1,522 people named Whang in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 202,855 Americans. That is up 4.5% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,457.

    #18,253
    rank among US surnames
    1,522
    people in 2010
    0.5
    per 100,000 Americans
    +4.5%
    change since 2000 (was #17,734)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #18,246Waltrip1,523202,722
    #18,253Berberich1,522202,855
    #18,262Raybon1,521202,989

    Who is named Whang

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

    93% of people named Whang identified as Asian and Pacific Islander, 2.9% as white (not Hispanic) and 2.3% as two or more races.

    • Asian and Pacific Islander 93%
    • White (not Hispanic) 2.9%
    • Two or more races 2.3%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.0%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 0.7%

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

    Famous Whangs

    1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

    • Suzanne Whang
      American actress (1962–2019)

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Whang

    Whang has the Soundex code W520, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code W520.

    Questions

    Where does the surname Whang come from?
    From Chinese 黃 /黄 (huáng) (also Mandarin 黃 /黄 (huáng), Chinese 王 (wáng), Korean 황 (hwang), or Korean 왕 (wang)
    How common is the surname Whang?
    1,522 people in the United States had the surname Whang in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 202,855 Americans. It ranked 18,253rd of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Whang?
    In the 2010 Census, 93% of people named Whang identified as Asian and Pacific Islander, and 2.9% as white (not Hispanic).
    Who is the most famous person named Whang?
    Suzanne Whang, American actress (1962–2019).
    Where is the surname Whang most common?
    Wikidata records people named Whang in the United States.
    Is the surname Whang getting more or less common?
    More common. 1,457 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,522 in 2010, up 4.5%.