Phang
surname · Latin script
Meaning: a surname from Hakka
Recorded for both men and women· direction only, no split published
/fæŋ/(machine-generated) pronunciation, model-generated
Phang is a surname written in the Latin script, with more bearers in the United States than in any other country.
- USUnited States1 in 448K(measured from records)
- GYGuyana1 in 6.4K
- BEBelgium1 in 651K
carrying the name, as counted by each country's national register. One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.
- United States (measured from records)
- Sources
- 214 (measured from records)
- 1 in 6.4K (inferred from the name graph)
742 people, 2010
Highest-authority source
Guyana
measured from records inferred from the name graph
Meaning & origin(measured from records)
a surname from Hakka
Sources 1
- kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
Attested in 1 language in the etymology graph.
Where in the world(measured from records)
Phang 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 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| US United States | — | 742 | 1 in 448K | 1.1K | Phang | 214 |
| GY Guyana | #804 | 117 | 1 in 6.4K | 117 | Phang | 2 |
| NL Netherlands | — | 26 | 1 in 665K | 26 | Phang | 9 |
| BE Belgium | — | 18 | 1 in 651K | 18 | Phang | 4 |
| SE Sweden | — | 11 | 1 in 928K | 11 | — | 9 |
| SG Singapore | #457 | — | — | — | Phang | 102 |
742 people counted by Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2010, 2010. 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; Guyana — Official List of Electors July 2025; CBG Familienamenbank — Dutch surname bearer counts (GBA/BRP 2007); Familienaam.be — Belgian family-name frequency (population register); Skatteverket — Sök hur många som har ett visst namn (living population). 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).
Other recorded senses(measured from records)
Phang is also recorded in 4 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.
In Vietnamese, to swing a hard and solid object up high and force it hard on something; to hit hard with a long stick; to fling (something hard)
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
In aot, classifier for grass, trees and flowers
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
In acn, to flee, escape
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
In trp, tree
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
Ordered by how much of this spelling's record each language holds, so a sense from a language the name is barely used in sits last rather than first.
Notable people with this name(measured from records)
- Peng Dehuaib. 1898CNnot in their usual nameChinese military leader, Marshal of the People's Republic of China (1898–1974)
- Peng Liyuanb. 1962CNnot in their usual nameChinese soprano, 2nd spouse of Xi Jinping, General Secretary of the Chinese Communist Party since 2012
- Bang Eun-jinb. 1965KRnot in their usual nameSouth Korean actress and film director
- Peng Leib. 1970CNnot in their usual nameChinese businessperson
- Bang Si-hyukb. 1972KRnot in their usual namewas South Korean music producer and CEO
- Diana Bangb. 1981CAnot in their usual nameKorean Canadian actress
- Eddie Pengb. 1982TWnot in their usual nameTaiwan-born Canadian actor and singer
- Peng Shuaib. 1986CNnot in their usual nameChinese female tennis player (1986-)
- Bang Min-ahb. 1993KRnot in their usual nameSouth Korean singer and actress
- Seol In-ahb. 1996KRnot in their usual nameSouth Korean actress
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).
How to address them(machine-generated)
Evidence(measured from records)
Attested in 17 sources across 10 countries.
| Country | Register | Year | Count | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| US United States | Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex | 2020 | 88 | #45,829 |
| US United States | Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex | 2020 | 59 | #45,829 |
| SE Sweden | Skatteverket — Sök hur många som har ett visst namn (living population) | — | 1 | #71,799 |
Reference works 3
- Nederlandse FamilienamenBank (Dutch surname bank; ex-Meertens Instituut, now CBG)2007
- Wikipedia surname tokens
- Wikidata name items (native-script + romanized given/family names)
These works list the name; their figures are licensed and are not reproduced here.
Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.
Frequently asked questions
- What does the name Phang mean, and where does it come from?
- a surname from Hakka Recorded by kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations).
- How do you pronounce Phang?
- A machine transcription gives /fæŋ/ (IPA) for English.
- In which country does Phang have the most bearers?
- In the United States, the national register counted about 742 people named Phang, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled phang.
- Where is Phang most common?
- Measured as a share of residents rather than as a count, Phang is densest in Guyana — about 1 in 6.4 thousand people — even though United States holds more of our records for it.
- How common is the name Phang?
- In the United States, the national register counted 742 people named Phang in 2010, about 1 in 448 thousand residents.
- How common is Phang compared with other names?
- In Singapore, Phang is the 457th most common surname of 78,292 surnames recorded there.
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Query this name via API
curl -H "X-API-Key: YOUR_KEY" https://api.mondonomo.ai/api/v1/name-graph/phangThe payload this page is built from: spellings and scripts, countries and languages, related names, and the registers that attest the form. It takes a free API key (1,000 requests a day), which returns what this page shows everyone; the full country table, every register citation and the year-by-year series come with a licensed key, as does bulk access.
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, “Phang” — the 457th most common surname in Singapore. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.