Explore the Family Name Soeung

The meaning of Soeung

Cambodian: 1. written សឿង, corresponding to the Khmer word meaning ‘smart’ and ‘brave’. 2. written សឹង្ហ, unexplained.

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

Based on the Decennial U.S. Census, the popularity of the surname Soeung has been steadily increasing from 2000 to 2010. In 2000, Soeung was the 72,466th most popular surname in the United States, but it jumped significantly to become the 60,636th most common by 2010. This is an increase of 16.32 percent. The total count of individuals with this surname also saw a significant rise of 32.8 percent, increasing from 250 in 2000 to 332 in 2010. Thus, the proportion of people named Soeung per 100,000 residents rose by 22.22 percent during this period.

	2000	2010	Change
Rank	#72,466	#60,636	16.32%
Count	250	332	32.8%
Proportion per 100k	0.09	0.11	22.22%

Race and Ethnicity of people with the last name Soeung

In terms of ethnicity, the Decennial U.S. Census shows that there was a noticeable shift between 2000 and 2010. The largest group associated with the Soeung surname became increasingly more Asian/Pacific Islander, rising from 84.00% in 2000 to 91.27% in 2010. However, the percentage of people with this surname who identified as being of two or more ethnicities considerably decreased, dropping from 11.20% in 2000 to only 3.61% by 2010. There were no Soeungs who identified as White or Black in 2000, but by 2010, there were 2.11% who identified as White. The number of Soeungs who identified as Hispanic dropped from 4.40% to 3.01%. No changes were observed among those who identified as American Indian and Alaskan Native.

	2000	2010	Change
Asian/Pacific Islander	84%	91.27%	8.65%
Two or More Races	11.2%	3.61%	-67.77%
Hispanic	4.4%	3.01%	-31.59%
White	0%	2.11%	0%
Black	0%	0%	0%
American Indian and Alaskan Native	0%	0%	0%