Liang

Liang is the 1,066th most common surname in the United States, shared by 32,308 people at the 2020 census. That is about one person in 9,252.

By the numbers

People: 32,308
Rank: 1,066th
How common: 1 in 9,252
Per 100,000: 10.8

Where the name comes from

Origin Chinese

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

Who bears the name

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

Asian or Pacific Islander, not Hispanic 96.2%
White, not Hispanic 1.9%
Two or more races, not Hispanic 1.1%
Hispanic or Latino 0.5%
Black, not Hispanic 0.3%

1 category is not listed because nobody with this surname reported that background.

Notable people called Liang

Zhuge Liang (181–234)Chinese statesman and military strategist
Liang Chi-chao (1873–1929)Chinese politician, activist and journalist
Liang Kai (1200–1300)Chinese artist
Liang Wenbo (born 1987)Chinese snooker player
Sun Liang (243–260)Eastern Wu emperor from 252 to 258
Liang Wenfeng (born 1985)Chinese businessman
Liang Wudong (1959–2020)Chinese physician
Emperor Taizu of Later Liang (852–912)Chinese warlord and Later Liang emperor from 907 to 912

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

Surnames like Liang

Liao
Lian

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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.