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    Most common surnames among Asian and Pacific Islander Americans

    Estimated from the 2010 Census by multiplying how many people carry each surname by the share who identified as Asian and Pacific Islander. Nguyen comes first.

    Other groups: White, Black, Hispanic, Native American, Multiracial.

    #SurnameOriginPeople (Asian & Pacific Islander)US rankPeople in the US
    1 Nguyen Vietnamese 422,109 38 437,645
    2 Lee English, place 292,594 21 693,023
    3 Kim Korean 247,844 77 262,352
    4 Patel Gujarati 217,968 95 229,973
    5 Tran Vietnamese 180,958 132 188,498
    6 Chen Chinese 163,000 150 169,580
    7 Li Chinese 108,186 273 111,786
    8 Le 106,073 277 110,967
    9 Wang Chinese 104,653 282 109,883
    10 Yang Chinese 102,651 290 106,033
    11 Singh Punjabi 96,633 260 116,749
    12 Wong Chinese 96,325 274 111,371
    13 Pham Vietnamese 81,225 370 84,320
    14 Park 77,867 289 106,696
    15 Lin 76,208 402 79,508
    16 Liu Chinese 74,937 411 78,370
    17 Chang Chinese 72,795 391 81,939
    18 Huang Chinese 70,259 456 72,328
    19 Wu Chinese 69,118 461 71,721
    20 Zhang Chinese 68,765 472 70,125
    21 Chan Chinese 68,476 425 76,664
    22 Khan 61,889 427 76,171
    23 Shah Persian, occupational 53,472 573 58,287
    24 Huynh Vietnamese 53,170 620 54,996
    25 Yu Chinese 50,006 658 52,035
    26 Lam Chinese 48,882 611 55,554
    27 Choi Chinese 48,800 674 50,786
    28 Kaur 46,847 711 48,753
    29 Vang 46,451 726 48,036
    30 Ho Chinese 46,360 691 49,817
    31 Chung Korean 38,803 805 43,110
    32 Truong Vietnamese 37,069 903 38,267
    33 Xiong 36,775 929 37,499
    34 Phan Vietnamese 36,258 918 37,836
    35 Vu Vietnamese 34,953 962 36,179
    36 Vo Vietnamese 34,812 960 36,236
    37 Lim Korean 34,148 936 37,021
    38 Lu Chinese 34,110 978 35,628
    39 Tang Chinese 32,622 999 34,961
    40 Cho Korean 31,856 1,038 33,490
    41 Ngo Vietnamese 31,837 1,062 33,005
    42 Cheng Chinese 31,211 1,063 32,982
    43 Kang Korean 30,243 1,084 32,221
    44 Tan Chinese 29,669 1,090 32,120
    45 Ng Chinese 29,088 1,125 31,210
    46 Dang Vietnamese 28,870 1,155 30,389
    47 Do 28,719 1,159 30,301
    48 Hoang Vietnamese 28,621 1,185 29,798
    49 Ly Vietnamese 28,274 1,176 29,891
    50 Hong Chinese 27,908 1,106 31,670
    51 Han 27,659 1,182 29,847
    52 Bui Vietnamese 27,603 1,222 28,919
    53 Ahmed Arabic 27,320 720 48,319
    54 Ma Chinese 26,605 1,240 28,452
    55 Chu Chinese 26,267 1,238 28,508
    56 Sharma Hindi 25,886 1,236 28,559
    57 Ali Arabic 25,747 559 60,002
    58 Xu Chinese 25,174 1,381 25,622
    59 Zheng 24,742 1,409 25,242
    60 Duong Vietnamese 24,047 1,431 24,870
    61 Song Chinese 23,892 1,415 25,110
    62 Liang Chinese 23,348 1,480 24,140
    63 Zhou 23,015 1,532 23,437
    64 Kumar 22,935 1,357 25,986
    65 Sun 22,725 1,484 24,058
    66 Lau Chinese 22,663 1,187 29,792
    67 Thao 22,657 1,536 23,404
    68 Zhao Chinese 21,880 1,613 22,301
    69 Chin Chinese 20,912 1,279 27,487
    70 Zhu Chinese 20,889 1,694 21,265
    71 Shin Korean 20,644 1,656 21,735
    72 Leung Chinese 19,336 1,747 20,496
    73 Jiang Chinese 18,998 1,849 19,409
    74 Hu Chinese 18,985 1,797 19,999
    75 Thomas Latin, patronymic 18,450 16 756,142
    76 Reyes Spanish 18,297 60 327,904
    77 Santos 18,279 206 137,232
    78 Gupta 17,872 1,886 19,057
    79 Cheung Chinese 17,851 1,920 18,765
    80 Lai Chinese 17,571 1,873 19,157
    81 Desai Gujarati 17,473 1,938 18,638
    82 Oh Korean 17,459 1,978 18,285
    83 Cruz 17,345 57 334,201
    84 Cao 17,271 1,989 18,138
    85 Yee Chinese 17,202 1,740 20,591
    86 Hwang 17,191 2,017 17,900
    87 Yi Korean 16,939 2,011 17,934
    88 Ha 16,872 1,987 18,156
    89 Dinh Vietnamese 16,483 2,119 17,081
    90 Garcia Spanish 16,442 6 1,166,120
    91 Jung German 16,280 1,486 24,026
    92 Lo Chinese 16,060 2,036 17,687
    93 Hsu Chinese 15,855 2,147 16,907
    94 Chau 15,740 2,181 16,667
    95 Yoon Korean 15,281 2,287 15,936
    96 Luu Vietnamese 15,149 2,324 15,702
    97 Mai Chinese 14,910 2,075 17,445
    98 Chow Chinese 14,848 2,122 17,059
    99 Trinh Vietnamese 14,766 2,368 15,392
    100 He Chinese 14,736 2,373 15,363
    101 Young nickname 14,679 32 484,447
    102 Fong Chinese 14,510 2,018 17,889
    103 Rahman Arabic 14,374 1,994 18,097
    104 Her 14,307 2,404 15,089
    105 Luong Vietnamese 13,977 2,499 14,464
    106 Moua 13,539 2,579 14,013
    107 Mehta Gujarati 13,324 2,526 14,342
    108 Doan Vietnamese 13,103 1,814 19,760
    109 Hussain Arabic 13,006 2,146 16,909
    110 Ramos Spanish 12,883 76 263,464
    111 Kwon Chinese 12,745 2,721 13,235
    112 Yoo Korean 12,629 2,724 13,225
    113 Ko Chinese 12,464 2,708 13,312
    114 Kong Chinese 12,452 2,551 14,165
    115 Smith English, occupational 12,215 1 2,442,977
    116 Chiu Chinese 12,135 2,735 13,174
    117 Su Chinese 12,112 2,779 12,973
    118 Delacruz Spanish 12,093 458 72,109
    119 Shen 12,039 2,806 12,839
    120 Tam Chinese 12,016 2,703 13,327
    121 Chong 11,949 2,392 15,146
    122 Mendoza Spanish 11,920 88 242,771
    123 Pan Chinese 11,907 2,847 12,664
    124 Gao 11,854 2,948 12,172
    125 Begum 11,838 2,924 12,255
    126 Guo 11,779 2,975 12,048
    127 Dong 11,694 2,879 12,466
    128 Vue 11,463 3,061 11,717
    129 Woo Chinese 11,294 2,775 13,003
    130 Chowdhury Bengali 11,192 2,997 11,961
    131 Mathew 11,149 2,612 13,808
    132 Thai 11,133 3,089 11,644
    133 Lor 11,088 3,149 11,479
    134 Bautista Spanish 10,986 558 60,264
    135 Jain Sanskrit 10,853 3,094 11,626
    136 Tong Chinese 10,723 2,730 13,196
    137 Yan Chinese 10,680 3,182 11,354
    138 Chun Korean 10,644 2,740 13,141
    139 Dao 10,580 3,220 11,211
    140 Johnson patronymic 10,437 2 1,932,812
    141 Tsai Chinese 10,372 3,291 10,968
    142 Feng Chinese 10,302 3,351 10,687
    143 Gill Norse, place 10,066 435 74,948
    144 Jin 10,046 3,421 10,432
    145 Pak 9,980 3,308 10,846
    146 Malik Arabic 9,940 2,429 14,925
    147 Ahn Korean 9,914 3,379 10,567
    148 Joseph Hebrew, patronymic 9,854 313 100,959
    149 George Latin, occupational 9,801 235 128,625
    150 Luo Chinese 9,762 3,564 10,005