The Duong surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 24,870 people carried this name — #1,431 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 11,900 people counted. That is up 35% from 18,404 in 2000.
Where the name comes from
The origin of the Duong surname
Borrowed from Vietnamese Dương, Khmer ដួង (duəng) or Khmer ឌួង (duəng).
From Wiktionary, the free dictionary (en.wiktionary.org) — entry «Duong» (English), by Wiktionary contributors · licensed CC BY-SA 4.0 (creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0) · excerpt, lightly adapted.
In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 463 people named Duong.
Most of them — 416 — were born outside France. Those born in France came from 14 départements, most often Paris.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they were born
Fichier des personnes décédées, INSEE — Licence Ouverte 2.0 · deaths recorded in France since 1970, by place of birth.
In Switzerland’s population statistics
309 people named Duong live in Switzerland.
They live in 18 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Zurich.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere they live today
Swiss Federal Statistical Office (FSO), «Surnames of the permanent resident population by canton», 2025, opendata.swiss/en/dataset/nachnamen-der-standigen-wohnbevolkerung-nach-kanton3 · names with fewer than 3 bearers in a canton are not published.
In Poland’s population register
57 people named Duong have a registered home in Poland.
Of the 390 in Poland’s national register, these are the ones with a permanent address on file. They live in 5 of Poland’s 16 voivodeships, most of all in Masovian.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they live today
PESEL register, Ministry of Digital Affairs of Poland (dane.gov.pl) — CC0 · living people by voivodeship of permanent residence, 20 January 2026.
In Belgium’s population register
At least 57 people named Duong live in Belgium.
Statbel only publishes a name in a municipality when five or more people there share it, so the real number is higher. Most of them live in Brussels-Capital.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they live today
Statbel (Statistics Belgium), family names of the population by municipality, 1 January 2026 — CC BY 4.0.
In the Nordic population registers
904 people named Duong are counted in Sweden, Norway and Finland.
Sweden’s figure is from 31 December 2022, the last count Statistics Sweden published. Norway publishes only surnames with 200 or more bearers. Finland counts its citizens, at home or abroad.
Counted, by country
Own calculations based on data from Statistics Sweden (SCB), surnames with at least two bearers, 31 December 2022 — CC BY 4.0 (names with 20 or more bearers shown) · Statistics Norway (SSB, ssb.no), table 12891, 2025 — CC BY 4.0 · Digital and Population Data Services Agency (DVV), Finland, surname statistics, August 2026 — CC BY 4.0.
Who carried it
People named Duong,
with a public archive behind them.
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Anh Duong 1960– · actor -
Kieu Duong 1994– · military athlete -
Duong Sam Ol 1919–2009 · military personnel
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Tât Tu Duong 1935–2018 · translator
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Minh Ha-Duong 1969–
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Roland Duong 1970– · television presenter
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 23 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Duong.
- Dumouchel 267 · U.S. census
- Dumoulin 540 · U.S. census
- Dumser 145 · U.S. census
- Dunas 110 · U.S. census
- Dune 177 · U.S. census
- Dunkel 2,079 · U.S. census
- Dupard 153 · U.S. census
- Dupart 300 · U.S. census
- Dupas 433 · U.S. census
- Dupere 304 · U.S. census
- Duperon 194 · U.S. census
- Duperron 222 · U.S. census
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