Explore the Family Name Choung

The meaning of Choung

1. Korean: variant of Chŏng (see Chong 1). 2. Cambodian: written ជួង, corresponding to the vocabulary word of Vietnamese origin (from chuông), meaning ‘bell’. Some characteristic forenames: Korean Jin, Chan, Dong, Dongjin, Eun, Eun Suk, Heesun, Hun, Hyo, Jae Young, Kwang, Kyung, Moon, Byung Soo, Chang, Choon, Kum, Suk Kyu, Youn.

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How common is the last name Choung in the United States?

Based on data from the Decennial U.S. Census, the popularity of the surname Choung has seen a slight decrease in rank between 2000 and 2010, moving from 42,134 to 42,308, a shift of -0.41%. However, during the same period, the count of individuals with this surname increased by 5.77%, from 485 to 513. The proportion per 100,000 people saw a small decrease of -5.56%, indicating that while the number of people with the surname Choung has grown, it did not keep pace with the overall population growth.

	2000	2010	Change
Rank	#42,134	#42,308	-0.41%
Count	485	513	5.77%
Proportion per 100k	0.18	0.17	-5.56%

Race and Ethnicity of people with the last name Choung

The ethnic identity associated with the surname Choung, as reported in the Decennial U.S. Census, shows a majority identifying as Asian/Pacific Islander, increasing from 91.34% in 2000 to 92.20% in 2010. There were also increases in those identifying as two or more races (from 1.86% to 2.53%) and Black (from 3.09% to 3.70%). Conversely, the percentage of individuals identifying as White decreased significantly, from 2.89% to 1.17%. No changes were observed for Hispanic and American Indian and Alaskan Native identifications.

	2000	2010	Change
Asian/Pacific Islander	91.34%	92.2%	0.94%
Black	3.09%	3.7%	19.74%
Two or More Races	1.86%	2.53%	36.02%
White	2.89%	1.17%	-59.52%
Hispanic	0%	0%	0%
American Indian and Alaskan Native	0%	0%	0%