How rare is the last name Leong?

8,540 people in the United States have the last name Leong, about 1 in 35,000. It ranks #4,035 of 156,621 last names in the 2020 Census, tied with 1 other.

last name

LEONG

#4,035

of 156,621 last names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
8,540
About
1 in 35,000
This common or more
56%
Who bears it

Of the 8,540 people with the last name Leong, 81.8% reported their origin as Asian or Pacific Islander, 9.4% as two or more races and 5.5% as White. These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Exactly as common as Leong

1 other last name also has 8,540 people.

#4,035 Ridgeway · 8,540

Either side of Leong

#4,033 Clarkson · 8,544#4,034 Rauch · 8,541#4,035 Ridgeway · 8,540#4,037 Peace · 8,538

Spelled almost the same

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

#1,702 Leung · 20,651#13,778 Leng · 2,102#39,285 Leang · 605

Also a first name

As a first name, Leong ranks #48,024 of 53,615, with 134 people. See Leong as a first name

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