The Liang surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 24,140 people carried this name — #1,480 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 12,200 people counted. That is up 71% from 14,095 in 2000.
In Argentina’s national register
At least 234 people named Liang 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 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
186 people named Liang live in Switzerland.
They live in 15 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 63 people named Liang 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.
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 France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 43 people named Liang.
Most of them — 37 — were born outside France. Those born in France came from 6 départements, most often Charente-Maritime.
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 the Nordic population registers
340 people named Liang are counted in Sweden and Finland.
Sweden’s figure is from 31 December 2022, the last count Statistics Sweden published. 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) · Digital and Population Data Services Agency (DVV), Finland, surname statistics, August 2026 — CC BY 4.0.
In print
Liang in American newspapers,
1910–1914.
Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 275 pages in all carry the name.
In print
Liang in Australian newspapers,
1850s–1990s.
2,014 articles name a Mr, Mrs or Miss Liang. The most, 623, date from the 1930s. Weighed against how much of each state’s press from the same decades has been digitised, it stands out most in New South Wales, at 1.3 times its expected share.
Articles, by state
Trove, National Library of Australia (trove.nla.gov.au) · articles in its digitised newspapers that name a Mr, Mrs or Miss Liang.
Who carried it
People named Liang,
with a public archive behind them.
-
Lee Lan d. 2005 · film actor -
Liang Chaogui d. 1794 · military personnel
-
Liang Ming d. 1427 · military personnel
-
Liang Tingdong d. 1636 · politician
-
Liang Yu d. 538 · military personnel
-
Liang Qia d. 734 · poet
Wikidata (CC0) · portraits via Wikimedia Commons, shown cropped, in the public domain or CC0 · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.
In the public record
People named Liang,
in the records of 6 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 States105 records
- U.S. alien registration index, 1940–1955 101
- U.S. Army enlistment records, World War II 2
- New York City birth, marriage and death certificates 1
- New York State death index (outside NYC), 1957–2001 1
-
Example: U.S. registration card, 1942 Military record Frederic S. LiangBorn 1917. Enlisted 1943 at Richmond, Virginia; draftsman from Henrico County.
U.S. National Archives, WWII Army Enlistment Records (public domain) -
Example: U.S. alien registration card, 1940s Alien registration Mina C. LiangBorn 1908 in China. Registered as a foreign national in Washington, District Of Columbia, under the Alien Registration Act of 1940.
U.S. National Archives, Flexoline Index Data File (public domain) -
Example: U.S. death certificate, 1910 Death record Lone LiangDied 1967 in New York State, aged 72.
New York State Department of Health, Genealogical Research Death Index
Showing 3 of 105 records for Liang in the United States.
Counts: U.S. National Archives, Flexoline Index Data File (public domain) · U.S. National Archives, WWII Army Enlistment Records (public domain) · NYC Department of Records & Information Services, Historical Vital Records (NYC Open Data) · New York State Department of Health, Genealogical Research Death Index. Example pages, not the records of the people shown: 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); Certificate of death, Oregon State Board of Health, 1910, Oregon State Archives (public domain).
Australia15 records
- Victoria wills and probate, deaths to 2001 10
- Victoria passenger lists, 1839–1923 4
- Queensland State Archives indexes 1
-
Example: probate petition, 1848 Probate record Kwong Tat LiangUni student of Caulfield Nth, Victoria; died 1977.
Public Record Office Victoria (CC BY 4.0) -
Example: probate petition, 1848 Probate record Chanh Minh LiangProcess worker of Wantirna, Victoria; died 1987.
Public Record Office Victoria (CC BY 4.0) -
Example: probate petition, 1848 Probate record Khooee LiangFormer merchant of Kuala Lumpar, Victoria; died 1962.
Public Record Office Victoria (CC BY 4.0)
Showing 3 of 15 records for Liang in Australia.
Counts: Public Record Office Victoria (CC BY 4.0) · Queensland State Archives (CC BY 4.0). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Petition to the probate court, St. Louis, 1848, Missouri Historical Society (public domain).
Netherlands11 records
- Dutch civil registers (births, marriages, deaths) 8
- Dutch population registers 3
-
Example: civil register, 1880 Death record Den Chang LiangDied 1972 in Utrecht; born 1903 in Shanghai; "restauranthouder".
Open Archives, Het Utrechts Archief (CC BY 4.0) -
Example: civil register, 1880 Death record Chee Yoo LiangDied 1936 in Rotterdam, aged 23.
Open Archives, Stadsarchief Rotterdam (CC BY 4.0) -
Example: U.S. census, 1910 Population register Yauw Tjwan LiangIn the population register of 's-Gravenhage; born 1913 in Sampit.
Open Archives, Haags Gemeentearchief (CC BY 4.0)
Showing 3 of 11 records for Liang in the Netherlands.
Counts: Open Archives (CC BY 4.0). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Civil register, Berlin, 1880, Landesarchiv Berlin (CC0); U.S. census of 1910, Milwaukee (public domain).
France8 records
-
Example: French death register, 1930 Death record Minh-Ly Yves LiangBorn 1960 in Saint-Georges-de-Didonne; died 1982 in Semussac (Charente-Maritime).
Insee, Fichier des personnes décédées (Licence Ouverte) -
Example: French death register, 1930 Death record Tsoei Fang LiangBorn 1919 in China; died 1994 in Torcy (Seine-et-Marne).
Insee, Fichier des personnes décédées (Licence Ouverte) -
Example: French death register, 1930 Death record Ling Chang LiangBorn 1934 in China; died 1996 in Aubervilliers (Seine-Saint-Denis).
Insee, Fichier des personnes décédées (Licence Ouverte)
Showing 3 of 8 records for Liang 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).
Canada4 records
- City of Calgary cemetery records 1
- Ontario immigration records, 1865–1883 1
- Mountain View Cemetery, Vancouver 1
- City of Winnipeg cemetery records 1
-
Example: passenger manifest, 1903 Passenger record John LiangCame to Ontario in 1876 aboard the Sardinian, bound for Wellington Sq., Ontario; English.
Archives of Ontario. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Ontario. -
Example: Canadian cemetery Burial record Lam LiangDied 1954; buried at Brookside Cemetery, Winnipeg, Manitoba.
City of Winnipeg. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Winnipeg. -
Example: Canadian cemetery Burial record Shannon LiangBuried in 1954 at Mountain View Cemetery, Vancouver, British Columbia.
City of Vancouver. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Vancouver.
Showing 3 of 4 records for Liang in Canada.
Counts: City of Calgary. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – City of Calgary. · Archives of Ontario. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Ontario. · City of Vancouver. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Vancouver. · City of Winnipeg. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Winnipeg. Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, New York, 1903 (public domain); Fairview Lawn Cemetery, Halifax, photo by Edgar El (CC BY 3.0).
New Zealand1 record
-
Example: burial register, 1858 Burial record Shan-Chia LiangDied 2001, aged 45; buried at Avonhead Memorial Cemetery, Christchurch, Canterbury.
Christchurch City Council (CC BY 4.0)
Counts: Christchurch City Council (CC BY 4.0). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Burial register of Newtown, Montgomeryshire, 1858, National Library of Wales (CC0).
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Liang.
- Lherisson 285 · U.S. census
- Lheureux 2,186 · U.S. census
- Lhomme 138 · U.S. census
- Lhuillier 333 · U.S. census
- Li 111,786 · U.S. census
- Lia 706 · U.S. census
- Liao 8,482 · U.S. census
- Liautaud 225 · U.S. census
- Liban 384 · U.S. census
- Libbrecht 101 · U.S. census
- Libby 10,631 · U.S. census
- Liber 298 · U.S. census
When the index is not enough
This page says where Liang is.
A volume says what happened to it.
Every page in the index is free and stays free. The Heritage Volume is the long form: the full paper trail, the arms, the crossing — bound, and yours.