# Yeung (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/yeung/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. Counts from the US Census Bureau; origin and etymology from Wiktionary; bearers from Wikidata. Data updated 2026-11-11.

A surname from Cantonese.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | Chinese |
| Type | not recorded |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 7,782 |
| US rank (2010) | 4,556 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 39,674 people |
| Change since 2000 | +20% (6,464 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | /jʌŋ/, 1 syllable |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Etymology

Borrowed from Cantonese 楊 /杨 (joeng4).

## Who carries it

Share of people named Yeung in the 2010 US Census by the Census's own race and ethnicity groups. The Census suppresses a share when the count behind it is small.

| Group | Share |
|---|---|
| White (not Hispanic) | 1.8% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 0.6% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 96% |
| Two or more races | 1.7% |

## Similar surnames

Young, Yung, Youngs, Yang, Yanez, Yancey, Yanes, Yancy, Yong, Younce, Ying, Younes.

## How to read these numbers

A Census count is people alive and counted in 2010, not births, and names occurring fewer than 100 times are not published at all. Ethnicity shares are the Census's own categories.