Huang Surname
Approximately 36,502,161 people bear this surname
Huang Surname User-submission:
This surname Hwang is of Chinese origin and means 'yellow'. Approximately, Hwangs compose 1.4% of the Korean population. It is also the 16th most popular last name in South Korea.
Huang Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| China | 34,876,194 | 1:39 | 7 |
| Taiwan | 1,347,075 | 1:17 | 3 |
| United States | 80,775 | 1:4,487 | 501 |
| Thailand | 53,361 | 1:1,324 | 10 |
| Singapore | 42,100 | 1:131 | 18 |
| Hong Kong | 25,919 | 1:283 | 61 |
| Canada | 15,411 | 1:2,391 | 275 |
| Australia | 9,404 | 1:2,871 | 394 |
| Myanmar | 7,931 | 1:6,549 | 237 |
| Spain | 4,695 | 1:9,958 | 1,178 |
| Malaysia | 4,592 | 1:6,423 | 814 |
| Macau | 3,804 | 1:158 | 39 |
| England | 2,631 | 1:21,178 | 2,987 |
| France | 2,484 | 1:26,740 | 3,210 |
| New Zealand | 1,715 | 1:2,640 | 373 |
| Indonesia | 1,691 | 1:78,208 | 8,319 |
| Ecuador | 1,487 | 1:10,697 | 1,718 |
| Japan | 1,484 | 1:86,148 | 5,574 |
| Brazil | 1,352 | 1:158,339 | 6,096 |
| Tonga | 1,191 | 1:90 | 15 |
| Germany | 1,141 | 1:70,557 | 8,983 |
| United Arab Emirates | 1,096 | 1:8,360 | 1,041 |
| Suriname | 1,093 | 1:506 | 12 |
| South Africa | 977 | 1:55,453 | 7,046 |
| Philippines | 927 | 1:109,211 | 18,948 |
| Netherlands | 922 | 1:18,316 | 2,855 |
| Dominican Republic | 863 | 1:12,089 | 938 |
| Sweden | 829 | 1:11,878 | 1,034 |
| Vietnam | 693 | 1:133,688 | 822 |
| Saudi Arabia | 676 | 1:45,645 | 6,666 |
| Bangladesh | 631 | 1:252,546 | 7,887 |
| Italy | 613 | 1:99,766 | 17,004 |
| Samoa | 406 | 1:477 | 128 |
| Belize | 349 | 1:1,019 | 234 |
| Mexico | 338 | 1:367,237 | 7,568 |
| Cambodia | 322 | 1:48,097 | 1,799 |
| Chile | 322 | 1:54,710 | 2,408 |
| Sri Lanka | 292 | 1:71,262 | 7,441 |
| Switzerland | 232 | 1:35,400 | 5,153 |
| Denmark | 219 | 1:25,775 | 2,630 |
| Argentina | 214 | 1:199,736 | 16,554 |
| Belgium | 210 | 1:54,746 | 8,892 |
| Vanuatu | 197 | 1:1,336 | 359 |
| Guam | 189 | 1:847 | 119 |
| Jamaica | 158 | 1:18,164 | 1,656 |
| Greece | 148 | 1:74,863 | 12,616 |
| Panama | 146 | 1:26,796 | 1,635 |
| Scotland | 143 | 1:37,439 | 3,597 |
| Austria | 140 | 1:60,825 | 9,489 |
| Norway | 140 | 1:36,731 | 5,190 |
| Malawi | 131 | 1:130,680 | 14,293 |
| Ireland | 128 | 1:36,789 | 3,003 |
| Costa Rica | 124 | 1:38,549 | 996 |
| India | 114 | 1:6,728,644 | 151,199 |
| Portugal | 113 | 1:92,197 | 4,545 |
| Brunei | 111 | 1:3,772 | 623 |
| Finland | 106 | 1:51,856 | 6,233 |
| Venezuela | 97 | 1:311,382 | 7,080 |
| South Korea | 94 | 1:545,109 | 258 |
| Qatar | 90 | 1:26,200 | 2,820 |
| Hungary | 89 | 1:110,295 | 10,533 |
| French Polynesia | 86 | 1:3,265 | 709 |
| Russia | 80 | 1:1,801,538 | 116,326 |
| Wales | 55 | 1:56,264 | 5,128 |
| Namibia | 50 | 1:48,188 | 6,016 |
| Paraguay | 37 | 1:195,588 | 3,664 |
| Ethiopia | 36 | 1:2,709,618 | 8,935 |
| Honduras | 35 | 1:251,898 | 2,491 |
| Mauritius | 34 | 1:38,042 | 7,089 |
| Guinea | 33 | 1:358,601 | 1,162 |
| Micronesia | 29 | 1:3,664 | 561 |
| New Caledonia | 26 | 1:10,624 | 2,723 |
| Burkina Faso | 25 | 1:734,084 | 8,477 |
| Luxembourg | 24 | 1:24,189 | 4,693 |
| Aruba | 23 | 1:4,499 | 638 |
| Peru | 23 | 1:1,381,918 | 21,725 |
| Romania | 21 | 1:956,089 | 52,327 |
| Slovenia | 21 | 1:118,461 | 12,441 |
| Northern Ireland | 17 | 1:108,532 | 6,545 |
| American Samoa | 17 | 1:3,280 | 753 |
| Belarus | 16 | 1:593,816 | 52,198 |
| Madagascar | 16 | 1:1,478,115 | 2,908 |
| Czechia | 15 | 1:708,898 | 64,682 |
| Estonia | 15 | 1:88,120 | 15,474 |
| Pakistan | 13 | 1:13,741,837 | 58,392 |
| Slovakia | 13 | 1:410,496 | 52,415 |
| Nigeria | 12 | 1:14,761,896 | 248,185 |
| Guatemala | 11 | 1:1,462,061 | 5,661 |
| Northern Mariana Islands | 11 | 1:4,962 | 486 |
| Colombia | 10 | 1:4,777,407 | 17,975 |
| Egypt | 9 | 1:10,215,084 | 48,153 |
| Fiji | 9 | 1:99,377 | 1,883 |
| Ghana | 9 | 1:3,002,299 | 11,581 |
| Guyana | 9 | 1:84,691 | 6,279 |
| Laos | 9 | 1:732,036 | 508 |
| Sudan | 9 | 1:4,167,799 | 5,799 |
| Tajikistan | 9 | 1:931,855 | 5,350 |
| Kenya | 8 | 1:5,772,488 | 50,256 |
| Uruguay | 8 | 1:428,970 | 23,885 |
| Israel | 7 | 1:1,222,519 | 68,299 |
| Liberia | 7 | 1:629,791 | 27,063 |
| Nicaragua | 7 | 1:860,156 | 4,655 |
| Papua New Guinea | 7 | 1:1,164,817 | 109,517 |
| El Salvador | 6 | 1:1,057,315 | 4,053 |
| Kazakhstan | 6 | 1:2,947,083 | 107,736 |
| Cameroon | 5 | 1:4,153,814 | 129,697 |
| Poland | 5 | 1:7,601,750 | 167,855 |
| Tanzania | 5 | 1:10,588,323 | 75,430 |
| Angola | 4 | 1:6,747,304 | 6,999 |
| Bahrain | 4 | 1:337,152 | 6,054 |
| Mali | 4 | 1:4,242,259 | 2,433 |
| Malta | 4 | 1:107,568 | 1,849 |
| Mozambique | 4 | 1:6,815,392 | 4,272 |
| Tunisia | 4 | 1:152,656 | 17,743 |
| Albania | 3 | 1:971,352 | 22,477 |
| Niger | 3 | 1:6,397,339 | 78,839 |
| Ukraine | 3 | 1:15,174,232 | 372,501 |
| Yemen | 3 | 1:8,808,431 | 35,773 |
| Bahamas | 2 | 1:195,876 | 1,708 |
| Croatia | 2 | 1:2,114,302 | 85,143 |
| Cyprus | 2 | 1:442,438 | 9,493 |
| Dominica | 2 | 1:37,946 | 685 |
| Ivory Coast | 2 | 1:11,535,616 | 61,806 |
| Jordan | 2 | 1:4,421,218 | 22,351 |
| Maldives | 2 | 1:202,086 | 4,973 |
| Marshall Islands | 2 | 1:25,910 | 1,967 |
| Senegal | 2 | 1:7,289,671 | 8,117 |
| Afghanistan | 1 | 1:32,153,183 | 60,828 |
| Algeria | 1 | 1:38,631,551 | 130,422 |
| Andorra | 1 | 1:83,838 | 2,381 |
| Armenia | 1 | 1:2,930,180 | 22,770 |
| Benin | 1 | 1:10,335,602 | 103,742 |
| Bermuda | 1 | 1:65,279 | 3,010 |
| Bhutan | 1 | 1:616,039 | 1,715 |
| Bolivia | 1 | 1:10,616,434 | 17,077 |
| Botswana | 1 | 1:2,186,929 | 30,250 |
| Cayman Islands | 1 | 1:63,893 | 2,384 |
| Congo | 1 | 1:4,989,096 | 34,171 |
| Cuba | 1 | 1:11,522,716 | 17,380 |
| Curaçao | 1 | 1:157,247 | 1,313 |
| DR Congo | 1 | 1:73,879,570 | 260,543 |
| East Timor | 1 | 1:1,215,928 | 507 |
| Eritrea | 1 | 1:4,751,901 | 911 |
| Falkland Islands | 1 | 1:3,132 | 317 |
| Faroe Islands | 1 | 1:48,998 | 2,049 |
| Gabon | 1 | 1:1,889,194 | 6,814 |
| Gambia | 1 | 1:1,923,451 | 1,043 |
| Georgia | 1 | 1:3,745,545 | 47,852 |
| Gibraltar | 1 | 1:33,954 | 1,660 |
| Haiti | 1 | 1:10,683,907 | 24,607 |
| Iceland | 1 | 1:380,090 | 11,096 |
| Iran | 1 | 1:76,782,524 | 277,718 |
| Iraq | 1 | 1:35,021,654 | 31,813 |
| Isle of Man | 1 | 1:85,822 | 4,091 |
| Kuwait | 1 | 1:3,800,694 | 27,187 |
| Latvia | 1 | 1:2,050,046 | 60,295 |
| Lebanon | 1 | 1:5,637,083 | 32,436 |
| Lithuania | 1 | 1:3,034,588 | 47,401 |
| Mongolia | 1 | 1:2,825,289 | 17,010 |
| Morocco | 1 | 1:34,476,099 | 111,471 |
| Nepal | 1 | 1:28,480,956 | 22,413 |
| Oman | 1 | 1:3,687,971 | 14,390 |
| Puerto Rico | 1 | 1:3,550,139 | 9,109 |
| Saint Lucia | 1 | 1:178,781 | 3,800 |
| Serbia | 1 | 1:7,144,948 | 38,459 |
| Seychelles | 1 | 1:92,393 | 1,532 |
| Sierra Leone | 1 | 1:7,089,631 | 1,533 |
| Solomon Islands | 1 | 1:580,029 | 22,243 |
| South Sudan | 1 | 1:11,415,076 | 3,182 |
| Swaziland | 1 | 1:1,298,199 | 1,718 |
| Syria | 1 | 1:19,301,022 | 22,457 |
| Togo | 1 | 1:7,247,768 | 12,049 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 1 | 1:1,363,975 | 22,013 |
| Turkey | 1 | 1:77,821,422 | 191,047 |
| Uzbekistan | 1 | 1:30,929,142 | 67,786 |
| Wallis and Futuna | 1 | 1:13,610 | 185 |
| Zambia | 1 | 1:15,849,922 | 53,989 |
Huang (17,661) may also be a first name.
Huang Surname Meaning
User-submitted Reference
This surname Hwang is of Chinese origin and means 'yellow'. Approximately, Hwangs compose 1.4% of the Korean population. It is also the 16th most popular last name in South Korea.
- feliciawangThe meaning of Huang is 'yellow', from Chinese.
- traceface1126Meaning: yellow.
- lolcuraHuang Demographics
Average Huang Salary in
United States
$49,157 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Huang Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Huang Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Huang (Marathi: हुआंग) is held by more people in China than any other country/territory. It may also be found in the variant forms:. Click here for further potential spellings of Huang.
How Common Is The Last Name Huang? popularity and diffusion
Huang is the 8th most prevalent family name at a global level, borne by around 1 in 200 people. The surname Huang is predominantly found in Asia, where 100 percent of Huang live; 99 percent live in East Asia and 99 percent live in Sino-East Asia. Huang is also the 41,390th most commonly occurring forename world-wide It is held by 17,661 people.
This surname is most widely held in China, where it is carried by 34,876,194 people, or 1 in 39. Besides China it is found in 176 countries. It is also found in Taiwan, where 4 percent are found and The United States, where 0 percent are found.
Huang Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States Huang are 12.85% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than the national average, with 66.08% registered with the party.
The amount Huang earn in different countries varies greatly. In Italy they earn 78.31% less than the national average, earning €6,515 per year; in Norway they earn 8.85% less than the national average, earning 315,437 kr per year; in Peru they earn 13.99% more than the national average, earning S/. 22,097 per year; in South Africa they earn 41.61% more than the national average, earning R 336,516 per year; in Vietnam they earn 39.6% more than the national average, earning 115,090,000 ₫ per year; in United States they earn 13.92% more than the national average, earning $49,157 USD per year and in Canada they earn 7.08% more than the national average, earning $53,200 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Huang Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Huang in the Marathi language | ||
| हुआंग | hu'anga | 62.5 |
| हंग | hanga | 12.5 |
| हुअंग | hu'anga | 12.5 |
| हथुयांग | hathuyanga | 12.5 |
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Huang Reference & Research
Huang DNA Website - A web page dedicated to the genetic research of those who bear the surname and its variants.
Huang FamilyTree DNA Project - A description of a group researching the paternal lines of men who bear the surname with the help of DNA analysis.
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Footnotes
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- Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Huang
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