How common is the surname Zang?

2,103 people in the United States had the surname Zang in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 146,812 Americans. It ranked 14,252nd of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Zang?

In the 2010 Census, 66% of people named Zang identified as white (not Hispanic), and 29% as Asian and Pacific Islander.

Is the surname Zang getting more or less common?

More common. 1,866 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,103 in 2010, up 13%.

The surname Zang

A surname, carried by 2,103 people in the United States.

1 syllable Soundex Z520

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Zang is more common than 91.2% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 2,103 people named Zang in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 146,812 Americans. That is up 13% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,866.

#14,252

rank among US surnames

2,103

people in 2010

0.7

per 100,000 Americans

+12.7%

change since 2000 (was #14,622)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#14,247	Mikhail	2,105	146,672
#14,248	Przybylski	2,104	146,742
#14,252	Buttram	2,103	146,812
#14,257	Seyler	2,102	146,882

Who is named Zang

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

66% of people named Zang identified as white (not Hispanic), 29% as Asian and Pacific Islander and 1.6% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

White (not Hispanic) 66%
Asian and Pacific Islander 29%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.6%
Two or more races 1.4%
Black (not Hispanic) 1.0%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.5%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Zang

Zang has the Soundex code Z520, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code Z520.

Questions

How common is the surname Zang?: 2,103 people in the United States had the surname Zang in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 146,812 Americans. It ranked 14,252nd of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Zang?: In the 2010 Census, 66% of people named Zang identified as white (not Hispanic), and 29% as Asian and Pacific Islander.
Is the surname Zang getting more or less common?: More common. 1,866 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,103 in 2010, up 13%.