Uong

surname · Latin script

Recorded for both men and women· direction only, no split published

Uong is a surname written in the Latin script, with more bearers in China than in any other country.

rarermore common
  • USUnited States1 in 862K(measured from records)
  • VNVietnam≈1 in 31K
  • CNChina≈1 in 204K

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)

≈6,800 people, est.

Sources
151 (measured from records)

Highest-authority source

≈1 in 31K (inferred from the name graph)

Vietnam, 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)

Uong 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 Uong is recorded, by country
CountryMost common spellingSources
CN China≈6,800 est.≈1 in 204K—Uong2
VN Vietnam≈3,200 est.≈1 in 31Klisted—1
PK Pakistan≈950 est.≈1 in 246K—Uong1
US United States3861 in 862K693Uong151
GB United Kingdom≈110 est.≈1 in 619K—Uong21
CA Canada≈96 est.≈1 in 393K—Uong46
AU Australia≈63 est.≈1 in 405K—Uong43

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).

Other names spelled this way(inferred from the name graph)

Uong is also recorded as 6 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

  • a separate surname15 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in United States, United Kingdom, China

    Also written Uòng, Ượng, Ướng, Ưởng, Ừờng

  • French surname3 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in France, United States, Canada

    Also written Uông, ́uong

  • Spanish surname7 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in United States, El Salvador, Guatemala, United Kingdom

    Languages: Spanish, Portuguese

    Also written Üong, Ương, Uông

  • a separate name3 spellings in the group

    Also written Uông, Ương

  • Khmer surname2 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in United States, Cambodia

    Also written Úōńğ

  • Korean surname3 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in United States, Canada

    Also written Uông, 우옹

26 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.

Other recorded senses(measured from records)

Uong is also recorded in 6 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.

  • In cdo, round,’a circle, a dollar, to interpret, to make round, complete, _-round and flat, (hudng-udng)

    as a wordDictionary of the Foochow Dialect

  • In cdo, the mandarin drake and duck, mzet., conjugal love, a pair

    as a wordDictionary of the Foochow Dialect

  • In cdo, center of-a circle accommodating, of persons

    as a wordDictionary of the Foochow Dialect

  • In Iloko, mushroom

    as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

  • In cdo, brilliant, bright, rising, flourishing

    as a wordDictionary of the Foochow Dialect

  • In cdo, same (see wang), to dye paper

    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.

Notable people with this name(measured from records)

  • Hua Huangb. 1634not in their usual nameQing dynasty person CBDB = 74521
  • Song Wangnot in their usual nameMing dynasty person CBDB = 224633
  • Yao Wangnot in their usual nameMing dynasty person CBDB = 314972
  • Yang Wangnot in their usual nameMing dynasty person CBDB = 258350
  • Li Wangnot in their usual nameMing dynasty person CBDB = 357505
  • Li Wangnot in their usual nameMing dynasty person CBDB = 278665
  • Cheng Wangnot in their usual nameperson, CBDB = 151963
  • Gao Wangnot in their usual nameYuan dynasty person CBDB = 117804
  • Li Huangnot in their usual nameTang dynasty person CBDB = 188305
  • Fu Wangnot in their usual nameperson, CBDB = 159842

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)

Attested in 11 sources across 5 countries.

Official registers attesting Uong
CountryRegisterYearCountRank
US United StatesCensus Bureau — Surname Frequency 20202020693#35,059
US United StatesCensus Bureau — Surname Frequency 20102010386#53,538
US United StatesCensus Bureau — Surname Frequency 20002000147#111,119
US United Stateswru 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

In which country does Uong have the most bearers?
Mondonomo estimates about 6.8 thousand people named Uong in China, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled uong.
How common is the name Uong?
In the United States, the national register counted 386 people named Uong in 2010, about 1 in 862 thousand 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, “Uong”. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.

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