How common is the last name Kang?

34,834 people in the United States have the last name Kang, about 1 in 8,581. It ranks #985 of 156,621 last names in the 2020 Census.

last name

KANG

#985

of 156,621 last names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
34,834
About
1 in 8,581
This common or more
39.6%
Who bears it

Of the 34,834 people with the last name Kang, 93.3% reported their origin as Asian or Pacific Islander, 2.7% as White and 2.4% as two or more races. These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Either side of Kang

#983 Quinones · 35,066#984 Spence · 35,005#986 Oconnell · 34,829#987 Maynard · 34,753

Spelled almost the same

4 last names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Kang, most common first.

#42,180 Kanz · 554#50,816 Kaing · 444#77,203 Kahng · 268#106,101 Kanga · 179

Also a first name

As a first name, Kang ranks #7,512 of 53,615, with 2,023 people. See Kang as a first name

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