Leung

Leung is the 1,702nd most common surname in the United States, shared by 20,651 people at the 2020 census. That is about one person in 14,500.

By the numbers

People: 20,651
Rank: 1,702nd
How common: 1 in 14,500
Per 100,000: 6.9

Where the name comes from

Origin Cantonese

Etymology from Wiktionary, used under CC BY-SA 4.0.

Who bears the name

How people with the surname Leung described their own race and Hispanic origin at the 2020 census:

Asian or Pacific Islander, not Hispanic 92.5%
Two or more races, not Hispanic 3.2%
White, not Hispanic 2.3%
Hispanic or Latino 1.4%
Black, not Hispanic 0.7%
American Indian or Alaska Native, not Hispanic 0.03%

Notable people called Leung

Katie Leung (born 1987)Scottish actress
Ken Leung (born 1970)American actor
Tony Leung (born 1962)Hong Kong actor and singer
CY Leung (born 1954)Chinese politician
Tony Leung Ka-fai (born 1958)Hong Kong actor
Gigi Leung (born 1976)Hong Kong actress and singer
Leung Kwok-hung (born 1956)Hong Kong politician
Bruce Leung (1948–2026)Hong Kong actor and martial artist

People named Leung with articles in the most Wikipedia languages. Data from Wikidata (CC0).

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Source: US Census Bureau, Frequently Occurring Surnames, 2020. The Census describes the file as the surnames borne by 100 or more people; rarer names are not published. The line is not quite exact, and 617 published names come in under it, the smallest at 92 people. Race and Hispanic origin are self-reported. Rates are worked out against the 298.9 million people the file's own figures are calculated on, which is fewer than the census counted in all: the difference is everyone whose surname was too rare to publish.