The Hwang surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 17,900 people carried this name — #2,017 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 16,500 people counted. That is up 32% from 13,610 in 2000.

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Where the name comes from

The origin of the Hwang surname

From Chinese 黃 /黄 (huáng) (also Mandarin 黃 /黄 (huáng), Korean 황 (hwang)...)

From Wiktionary, the free dictionary (en.wiktionary.org) — entry «Hwang» (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 201 people named Hwang 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 City of Buenos Aires.

Where it concentrates, on the map

Where they live today

City of Buenos Aires 190
Buenos Aires Province 11

RENAPER (National Registry of Persons, Argentina), surnames of residents by province, December 2021 — CC BY 4.0.

In Switzerland’s population statistics

40 people named Hwang live in Switzerland.

They live in 5 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Zurich.

Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.

Where they live today

Zurich 19
Geneva 11
Vaud 4
Basel-Stadt 3
Lucerne 3

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 the Nordic population registers

45 people named Hwang is counted in Sweden.

Sweden’s figure is from 31 December 2022, the last count Statistics Sweden published.

Counted, by country

Sweden (2022) 45

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).

In print

Hwang in American newspapers,
1900–1914.

Newspaper page from New-york Tribune carrying the name Hwang
New-york Tribune 1914-08-02
Newspaper page from The Saint Paul Globe carrying the name Hwang
The Saint Paul Globe 1900-10-04
Newspaper page from The Mt. Sterling Advocate carrying the name Hwang
The Mt. Sterling Advocate 1914-05-13

Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 51 pages in all carry the name.

In print

Hwang in Australian newspapers,
1870s–1990s.

344 articles name a Mr, Mrs or Miss Hwang. The most, 186, date from the 1910s.

Articles, by state

New South Wales 124
Victoria 90
Queensland 50
Western Australia 26
South Australia 24
ACT (Canberra) 15
Tasmania 12

Trove, National Library of Australia (trove.nla.gov.au) · articles in its digitised newspapers that name a Mr, Mrs or Miss Hwang.

Who carried it

People named Hwang,
with a public archive behind them.

  • Hwang Hui
    Hwang Hui 1363–1452 · writer
  • Hwang Gyeong-won
    Hwang Gyeong-won 1709–1787 · civilian official
  • Hwang Shin-duk
    Hwang Shin-duk 1898–1983 · politician
  • Hwang Sun-won
    Hwang Sun-won 1915–2000 · writer
  • Hwang Jang-yop
    Hwang Jang-yop 1923–2010 · politician

Wikidata (CC0) · portraits via Wikimedia Commons, shown cropped, in the public domain or CC0 · 197 lives in all are documented under this name.

In the public record

People named Hwang,
in the records of 3 countries.

Soldiers, farmers, migrants and neighbours who carried the name and left a trace in public archives. Everyone shown here died long ago or was born more than a century ago.

United States72 records

72 records of the Hwang name in the United States
  • U.S. alien registration index, 1940–1955 70
  • U.S. service members who died in the Vietnam War 1
  • U.S. Army enlistment records, World War II 1
  1. Names engraved on the Vietnam Veterans Memorial, Washington, D.C.
    Example: U.S. war memorial
    War record Gerald Richard Hwang

    Born 1947; from Palo Alto, California. U.S. Army, armor reconnaissance specialist; killed in action 1969 in Phuoc Long, South Vietnam.

    U.S. National Archives, Defense Casualty Analysis System (public domain)
  2. A United States Selective Service registration card, 1942
    Example: U.S. registration card, 1942
    Military record John S. L. Hwang

    Born 1909. Enlisted 1944 at Fort McPherson Atlanta, Georgia; secondary school teacher from New York County, New York.

    U.S. National Archives, WWII Army Enlistment Records (public domain)
  3. The receipt card sent under the U.S. Alien Registration Act of 1940
    Example: U.S. alien registration card, 1940s
    Alien registration Shih Zen Hwang

    Born 1919 in Gim Yee, China. Entered the United States at San Francisco in 1947. Listed in the U.S. alien registration index, 1940–1955.

    U.S. National Archives, Flexoline Index Data File (public domain)

Showing 3 of 72 records for Hwang in the United States.

Counts: U.S. National Archives, Flexoline Index Data File (public domain) · U.S. National Archives, Defense Casualty Analysis System (public domain) · U.S. National Archives, WWII Army Enlistment Records (public domain). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Vietnam Veterans Memorial, photo by U.S. Army Sgt. 1st Class Michael J. Carden, 2009 (public domain); U.S. Selective Service registration card, 1942 (public domain); Alien Registration Receipt Card, Form AR-3, photo by Bobjgalindo via Wikimedia Commons (CC BY 4.0).

France4 records

4 records of the Hwang name in France France's national death register, 1970–2001
  1. A page of the death register of Nice, 1930
    Example: French death register, 1930
    Death record Woo-Youell Hwang

    Born 1964 in Seoul (Corée du Sud); died 1996 in Paris.

    Insee, Fichier des personnes décédées (Licence Ouverte)
  2. A page of the death register of Nice, 1930
    Example: French death register, 1930
    Death record Pierre Hwang

    Born 1931 in China; died 1996 in Seyssinet-Pariset (Isère).

    Insee, Fichier des personnes décédées (Licence Ouverte)
  3. A page of the death register of Nice, 1930
    Example: French death register, 1930
    Death record Christian Hwang

    Born 1928 in China; died 1999 in Paris.

    Insee, Fichier des personnes décédées (Licence Ouverte)

Showing 3 of 4 records for Hwang in France.

Counts: Insee, Fichier des personnes décédées (Licence Ouverte). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Death register of Nice, 1930, Archives départementales des Alpes-Maritimes (public domain).

Canada3 records

3 records of the Hwang name in Canada City of Calgary cemetery records
  1. Fairview Lawn Cemetery in Halifax, Nova Scotia
    Example: Canadian cemetery
    Burial record Andrena Hwang

    Buried in 1976 at Queen's Park Cemetery, Calgary, Alberta, aged 54.

    City of Calgary. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – City of Calgary.
  2. Fairview Lawn Cemetery in Halifax, Nova Scotia
    Example: Canadian cemetery
    Burial record Pil Joo Joseph Hwang

    Buried in 1991 at Queen's Park Cemetery, Calgary, Alberta, aged 77.

    City of Calgary. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – City of Calgary.
  3. Fairview Lawn Cemetery in Halifax, Nova Scotia
    Example: Canadian cemetery
    Burial record Ellen Hwang

    Buried in 1994 at Queen's Park Cemetery, Calgary, Alberta.

    City of Calgary. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – City of Calgary.

Counts: City of Calgary. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – City of Calgary. Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Fairview Lawn Cemetery, Halifax, photo by Edgar El (CC BY 3.0).

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