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The LEUNG surname in the USA

Frequency Comparisons
Total Rank Frequency % Per million people
United States
United States (Current snapshot) 18,140 1815 0.007 67
United States (1880 census) 60 44521 0 1
Change since 1880 +18080 +42706 +N/A +66
Other Countries
Australia 3,239 473 0.02 198
United Kingdom 2,039 2914 0.004 44
Top States for LEUNG by Total
State Total Rank in State Frequency % Per million people
California 7,843 412 0.023 232
New York 3,453 465 0.018 182
New Jersey 849 1064 0.010 101
Massachusetts 812 1126 0.013 128
Illinois 594 2214 0.005 48
Top States for LEUNG by Frequency
State Total Rank in State Frequency % Per million people
California 7,843 412 0.023 232
New York 3,453 465 0.018 182
Hawaii 211 442 0.017 174
Massachusetts 812 1126 0.013 128
New Jersey 849 1064 0.010 101

Notes

'A figure of zero indicates that we don't have data for this name (usually because it's quite uncommon and our stats don't go down that far). It doesn't mean that there's no-one with that name at all!

For less common surnames, the figures get progressively less reliable the fewer holders of that name there are. This data is aggregated from several public lists, and some stats are interpolated from known values. The margin of error is well over 100% at the rarest end of the table!

For less common surnames, the frequency and "per million" values may be 0 even though there are people with that name. That's because they represent less than one in a million of the population, which ends up as 0 after rounding.

It's possible for a surname to gain in rank and/or total while being less common per million people (or vice versa) as there are now more surnames in the USA as a result of immigration. In mathematical terms, the tail has got longer, with a far larger number of less common surnames.

Figures for top states show firstly the states where most people called LEUNG live. This obviously tends to be biased towards the most populous states. The second set of figures show where people called LEUNG represent the biggest proportion of the population. So, in this case, there are more people called LEUNG in California than any other state, but you are more likely to find a LEUNG by picking someone at random in California than anywhere else.

Classification and Origin of LEUNG

Region of origin: Asia

Country of origin: China

Language of origin: Chinese

Data for religion and/or language relates to the culture in which the LEUNG surname originated. It does not necessarily have any correlation with the language spoken, or religion practised, by the majority of current American citizens with that name.

Ethnic distribution of LEUNG in the USA

Classification Total Percent
White (Caucasian) 368 2.03
Mixed Race 365 2.01
White (Hispanic) 102 0.56
Black/African American 87 0.48
Asian/Pacific 17,215 94.9
Native American/Alaskan 5 0.03

Ethnic distribution data shows the number and percentage of people with the LEUNG surname who reported their ethnic background as being in these broad categories in the most recent national census.

Meaning of LEUNG in historical publications

Sorry, we don't have any information on the meaning of LEUNG.

Similar names to LEUNG

The following names have similar spellings or pronunciations as LEUNG.

This does not necessarily imply a direct relationship between the names, but may indicate names that could be mistaken for this one when written down or misheard.

Matches are generated automatically by a combination of Soundex, Metaphone and Levenshtein matching.

Potential typos for LEUNG

The following words are slight variants of LEUNG that are likely to be possible typos or misspellings in written material.