Houng

given name · Latin script

Used for both men and women· registers list it under both sexes; no split published

(measured from records)Officially recorded in 2 countries · latest register: Census Bureau, 2020

Pronunciation:

Houng is a given name used for both men and women, written in the Latin script, with more bearers in the United States than in any other country.

  • MYMalaysia≈1 in 210Kfew records(inferred from the name graph)
  • GBUnited Kingdom≈1 in 880Kfew records
  • AUAustralia≈1 in 1.1Mfew records

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.

United States (measured from records)

276 people, 2020

Record sources
123 (measured from records)

corpus datasets behind its best-documented spelling

strongest: highest-authority source

≈1 in 208K (inferred from the name graph)

Malaysia, est.

measured from records inferred from the name graph

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Meaning & origin

No verified etymology recorded for this name yet — the entries below are drawn from usage statistics and the name graph.

Where in the world

(measured from records)

Houng 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.

Where Houng is recorded, by country
CountryMost common spellingSources
US United States2761 in 1.2M253Houng123
MY Malaysia≈170 est.≈1 in 208K—Houng22
VN Vietnam≈100 est.≈1 in 999K—Houng18
GB United Kingdom≈79 est.≈1 in 880K—Houng20
CA Canada≈40 est.≈1 in 1M—Houng20
SG Singapore≈9 est.≈1 in 664K—Houng15

276 people counted by Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex, 2020. 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 — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex; 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).

Other names spelled this way

(inferred from the name graph)

Houng is also recorded as another name, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

  • Korean surname9 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in United States, South Korea, Canada, Malaysia

    Also written Hoang, Hoàng, Ho-Ung, 호앙, 호잉

34 further groups record this spelling and are not listed here.

Grouping is the name graph's, not a register's: two spellings join a group when the evidence links them, so a group is a claim about the records rather than about the people.

Notable people with this name

(measured from records)
1850190019502000Hong Myong-hui, b. 1888Hong Joon-pyo, b. 1953Hong Sang-soo, b. 1960Hong Kyung-pyo, b. 1962Hong Myung-bo, b. 1969Hong Jin-kyung, b. 1977Hong Su-hyeon, b. 1981Hong Kwang-ho, b. 1982Hong Jong-hyeon, b. 1990Hong Kyung, b. 1996
  • Hong Myong-huib. 1888KPnot in their usual nameKorean novelist (1888-1968)
  • Hong Joon-pyob. 1953KRnot in their usual nameSouth Korean politician (born 1953)
  • Hong Sang-soob. 1960KRnot in their usual nameSouth Korean film director (born 1960)
  • Hong Kyung-pyob. 1962KRnot in their usual nameSouth Korean cinematographer
  • Hong Myung-bob. 1969KRnot in their usual nameSouth Korean association football player and coach
  • Hong Jin-kyungb. 1977KRnot in their usual nameSouth Korean actress
  • Hong Su-hyeonb. 1981KRnot in their usual nameSouth Korean actress
  • Hong Kwang-hob. 1982KRnot in their usual nameSouth Korean actor
  • Hong Jong-hyeonb. 1990KRnot in their usual nameSouth Korean actor
  • Hong Kyungb. 1996KRnot in their usual nameSouth Korean actor

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)
InformalHi Houng,

A formal English salutation is built on the surname, so it needs a full name — on its own, a first name only supports the informal form.

Evidence

(measured from records)

8 registers and reference works attest this spelling, across 2 countries.

Official registers attesting Houng
CountryRegisterYearCountRank
US United StatesCensus Bureau — Surname Frequency 20202020253#80,815
US United StatesCensus Bureau — Surname Frequency 20002000250#72,466
US United StatesCensus Bureau — Surname Frequency 20102010222#84,463
US United Stateswru Name Dictionary — US surnames, Census 2010 subset (Khanna et al.)———

Reference works 2

  • 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

Is Houng a male or female name?
Houng is used for both men and women. National registers that list it by sex count it under both: United States (Census Bureau, 2020). We don't publish a percentage split.
In which country does Houng have the most bearers?
In the United States, the national register counted about 276 people named Houng, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled houng.
How common is the name Houng?
In the United States, the national register counted 276 people named Houng in 2020, about 1 in 1.2 million residents.

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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, “Houng”. Data snapshot 2026-10-13.

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