How common is the last name Nguyen?

531,404 people in the United States have the last name Nguyen, about 1 in 562. It ranks #29 of 156,621 last names in the 2020 Census.

last name

NGUYEN

#29

of 156,621 last names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
531,404
About
1 in 562
This common or more
9.1%
Who bears it

Of the 531,404 people with the last name Nguyen, 95.4% reported their origin as Asian or Pacific Islander, 2.1% as two or more races and 1.3% as White. These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Either side of Nguyen

#27 Ramirez · 544,204#28 Clark · 539,661#30 Lewis · 515,459#31 Robinson · 510,138

Spelled almost the same

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

#76,963 Nguen · 269#99,694 Nguyan · 194#127,013 Nguien · 141

Also a first name

As a first name, Nguyen ranks #3,164 of 53,615, with 6,887 people. As a baby name it peaked in 1982, with 29 births. See Nguyen as a first name

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