Muong
surname · Latin script
Meaning: A minority group inhabiting the mountainous region of northern Vietnam
(measured from records)Officially recorded in 4 countries · latest register: BFS, 2024
/məɔŋ/(machine-generated) pronunciation, model-generated
Muong is a surname written in the Latin script, with more bearers in the United States than in any other country.
- CHSwitzerland1 in 1.1M(measured from records)
- CACanada≈1 in 1.7M
- MYMalaysia≈1 in 3.1M
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)
- Record sources
- 62 (measured from records)
- 1 in 1.1M (inferred from the name graph)
105 people, 2010
corpus datasets behind its best-documented spelling
strongest: highest-authority source
Switzerland
measured from records inferred from the name graph
Meaning & origin
(measured from records)A minority group inhabiting the mountainous region of northern Vietnam.
Cited for this meaning 1
- kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
Attested across 2 languages in the etymology graph.
Where in the world
(measured from records)Muong 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 | 105 | 1 in 3.2M | 143 | Muong | 62 |
| CA Canada | ≈22 est. | ≈1 in 1.7M | — | Muong | 12 |
| GB United Kingdom | ≈19 est. | ≈1 in 3.5M | — | Muong | 4 |
| MY Malaysia | ≈11 est. | ≈1 in 3.1M | — | Muong | 5 |
| CH Switzerland | 8 | 1 in 1.1M | 8 | — | 1 |
105 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; BFS — Familiennamen der Wohnbevölkerung (surnames). 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)Muong is also recorded in 5 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.
In Cebuano, the redbelly yellowtail fusilier (Caesio cuning)
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
In cdo, itc?., to gain literary advancement
as a wordDictionary of the Foochow Dialect
In cdo, gate, rapid advancement
as a wordDictionary of the Foochow Dialect
In cdo, to insult, (ling-tk)
as a wordDictionary of the Foochow Dialect
In cdo, paung: (haung)
as a wordDictionary of the Foochow Dialect
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.
How to address them
(machine-generated)Evidence
(measured from records)8 registers and reference works attest this spelling, across 4 countries.
| Country | Register | Year | Count | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2020 | 2020 | 143 | #125,732 |
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2010 | 2010 | 105 | #154,907 |
| CH Switzerland | BFS — Familiennamen der Wohnbevölkerung (surnames) | 2024 | 8 | #72,019 |
| US United States | wru Name Dictionary — US surnames, Census 2010 subset (Khanna et al.) | — | — | — |
Reference works 2
- Nederlandse FamilienamenBank (Dutch surname bank; ex-Meertens Instituut, now CBG)2007
- 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 Muong mean, and where does it come from?
- A minority group inhabiting the mountainous region of northern Vietnam. Recorded by kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations).
- How do you pronounce Muong?
- A machine transcription gives /məɔŋ/ (IPA) for English.
- In which country does Muong have the most bearers?
- In the United States, the national register counted about 105 people named Muong, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled muong.
- Where is Muong most common?
- Measured as a share of residents rather than as a count, Muong is densest in Switzerland — about 1 in 1.1 million people — even though United States holds more of our records for it.
- How common is the name Muong?
- In the United States, the national register counted 105 people named Muong in 2010, about 1 in 3.2 million residents.
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curl -H "X-API-Key: YOUR_KEY" https://api.mondonomo.ai/api/v1/name-graph/muongThe 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, “Muong”. Data snapshot 2026-10-13.