Kuàng
surname · Latin script
Kuàng is a surname written in the Latin script, with more bearers in China than in any other country. Recorded meaning: from Kuang Chengzi, a legendary figure from the time of the legendary emperor Huang Di (26972595 BC).
- CNChina≈1 in 6.5K(inferred from the name graph)
- MYMalaysia≈1 in 17K
- CACanada≈1 in 62K
carrying the name, as counted by its national register where one exists and as Mondonomo estimates it elsewhere (marked ≈ and "est." on hover). One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.
- China (inferred from the name graph)
- Sources
- 258 (measured from records)
- ≈1 in 6.5K (inferred from the name graph)
≈220,000 people, est.
Highest-authority source
China, est.
measured from records inferred from the name graph
Spellings & scripts(measured from records)
One other spelling is counted as the same name:
Locally spelled Kuang in US United States, MY Malaysia, CN China and 4 more.
Spellings marked ● are how people bearing the name write it in our records, and ○ marks a model's transliteration; click a spelling to open its page.
Meaning & origin(measured from records)
from Kuang Chengzi, a legendary figure from the time of the legendary emperor Huang Di (26972595 BC).
Sources 3
- Dictionary of American Family Names
- Wiktionary
- Schuessler, ABC Etymological Dictionary of Old Chinese (2007)
Attested across 14 languages in the etymology graph.
Where in the world(measured from records)
Kuàng counted together with the spellings and other-language forms grouped with it. Where a register counted another spelling, the row names it.
Sorted by bearers: national registers' counts, and Mondonomo's estimates (≈, est.) where no register counts.
| Country | Most common spelling | Sources | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CN China | — | ≈220,000 est. | ≈1 in 6.5K | — | Kuang | 111 |
| US United States | — | 3,767 | 1 in 88K | 5.7K | Kuang | 258 |
| TW Taiwan | #615 | ≈2,300 est. | ≈1 in 10K | — | Kuang | 95 |
| MY Malaysia | #655 | ≈1,900 est. | ≈1 in 17K | — | Kuang | 57 |
| CA Canada | — | ≈610 est. | ≈1 in 62K | — | Kuang | 96 |
| HK Hong Kong | #621 | ≈510 est. | ≈1 in 14K | — | Kuang | 26 |
| SG Singapore | — | ≈250 est. | ≈1 in 25K | — | Kuang | 44 |
Exact figures are national registers' own counts, while figures marked ≈ and est. are Mondonomo’s estimates, counted from our sources and calibrated against those registers; hover one for how far to trust it in that country. A dash means neither exists.
Registers cited: Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2010; Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2020. Figures without a register are Mondonomo estimates; see Methodology.
Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table (how that works).
Notable people with this name(measured from records)
- Kuang Zuojib. 1308Yuan dynasty person CBDB = 112813
- Kuang Minbenb. 1738Qing dynasty person CBDB = 78651
- Kuang Chuxianb. 1753Qing dynasty person CBDB = 78652
- Kuang KuiYuan dynasty person CBDB = 112810
- Kuang BokuiYuan dynasty person CBDB = 112811
- Kuang ZuochengYuan dynasty person CBDB = 112812
- Kuang RuoguYuan dynasty person CBDB = 112814
- Kuang Shimother of Lijun
- Kuang Shiwife of Liuyi
- Kuang Shimother of Liuzhen
The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).
Evidence(measured from records)
No register attests this spelling yet
Frequently asked questions
- What does the name Kuàng mean, and where does it come from?
- from Kuang Chengzi, a legendary figure from the time of the legendary emperor Huang Di (26972595 BC). Recorded by Dictionary of American Family Names and Wiktionary and 1 other source.
- In which country does Kuàng have the most bearers?
- Mondonomo estimates about 216 thousand people named Kuàng in China, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled kuang.
- How common is the name Kuàng?
- In the United States, the national register counted 3,767 people named Kuàng in 2010, about 1 in 88 thousand residents.
- How common is Kuàng compared with other names?
- In Taiwan, Kuàng is the 615th most common surname of 18,531 surnames recorded there.
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About this data
measured from records inferred from the name graph machine-generated
These figures come from the data snapshot of and will change as it is rebuilt.
Statistics are aggregated from the Mondonomo name corpus; related names and etymology are inferred from the name graph; pronunciation and any machine-marked transliterations are model-generated. Read how the numbers are made, including their known failure modes, and where the data comes from.
Reference works we consult — surname dictionaries, official name registers, Wikidata and Wiktionary — are named directly, beside the claims they support. The per-country source counts also include datasets of person records: we publish how many there are and their authority tier, but not their names.
Cite this page Mondonomo, “Kuàng” — the 615th most common surname in Taiwan. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.