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

Total is the total number of people with that surname.
Rank is the position in the list of names ordered by total (eg, a rank of 1 means that it's the most common name, and a rank of 10 means it's the tenth most common, etc).
Frequency is the percentage of people with that surname.
Per million people is the number of people with that surname per million of the population.

'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.

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.