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    The surname Yung

    A surname, carried by 4,218 people in the United States.

    1 syllable Soundex Y520

    Yung: #7,849 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Yung #7,849, 4,218 people Yung: #7,849 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Yung #7,849, 4,218 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Yung is more common than 95.2% of them.

    Origin

    A surname.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 4,218 people named Yung in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 73,197 Americans. That is down 1.3% since 2000, when the Census counted 4,272.

    #7,849
    rank among US surnames
    4,218
    people in 2010
    1.4
    per 100,000 Americans
    -1.3%
    change since 2000 (was #7,208)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #7,844Glasser4,22173,145
    #7,846Butz4,22073,162
    #7,847Kershner4,21973,180
    #7,849Bloodworth4,21873,197

    Who is named Yung

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

    75% of people named Yung identified as Asian and Pacific Islander, 19% as white (not Hispanic) and 3.0% as two or more races.

    • Asian and Pacific Islander 75%
    • White (not Hispanic) 19%
    • Two or more races 3.0%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.5%
    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 Yung

    Yung has the Soundex code Y520, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code Y520.

    Questions

    How common is the surname Yung?
    4,218 people in the United States had the surname Yung in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 73,197 Americans. It ranked 7,849th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Yung?
    In the 2010 Census, 75% of people named Yung identified as Asian and Pacific Islander, and 19% as white (not Hispanic).
    Is the surname Yung getting more or less common?
    Less common. 4,272 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 4,218 in 2010, down 1.3%.