The Huang surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 72,328 people carried this name — #456 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 4,080 people counted. That is up 62% from 44,715 in 2000.
Where the name comes from
The origin of the Huang surname
Borrowed from Mandarin 黃／黄 (Huáng), from Chinese for yellow.
From Wiktionary, the free dictionary (en.wiktionary.org) — entry «Huang» (English), by Wiktionary contributors · licensed CC BY-SA 4.0 (creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0) · excerpt, lightly adapted.
In Argentina’s national register
At least 4,029 people named Huang live in Argentina.
RENAPER only publishes a name in a province when more than ten people there share it, so the real number is higher. Most of them live in Buenos Aires Province.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere they live today
RENAPER (National Registry of Persons, Argentina), surnames of residents by province, December 2021 — CC BY 4.0.
In Switzerland’s population statistics
646 people named Huang live in Switzerland.
They live in 21 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 Belgium’s population register
At least 417 people named Huang 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 Antwerp.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere they live today
Statbel (Statistics Belgium), family names of the population by municipality, 1 January 2026 — CC BY 4.0.
In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 173 people named Huang.
Most of them — 152 — were born outside France. Those born in France came from 9 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 Poland’s population register
26 people named Huang have a registered home in Poland.
Of the 729 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 the Nordic population registers
1,528 people named Huang 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.
In print
Huang in American newspapers,
1909–1941.
Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 5,720 pages in all carry the name.
Who carried it
People named Huang,
with a public archive behind them.
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Huang Gai 145–222 · naval officer -
Huang Zhong 148–220 · military personnel -
Huang Gongwang 1269–1354 · poet -
Huang Zongxi 1610–1695 · historian -
Wong Fei-hung 1847–1925 · physician
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 146 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Huang.
- Hoy 9,196 · U.S. census
- Hoyer 3,589 · U.S. census
- Hoyos 3,694 · U.S. census
- Hu 19,999 · U.S. census
- Hua 6,939 · U.S. census
- Huan 248 · U.S. census
- Huard 1,360 · U.S. census
- Hube 148 · U.S. census
- Huber 37,170 · U.S. census
- Hubert 10,380 · U.S. census
- Huberty 1,092 · U.S. census
- Hubin 192 · U.S. census
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