List of Common Chinese Surnames in Singapore - Diaspora - United States

United States

The 2010 US Census found 3,794,673 self-identified Chinese Americans and 230,382 self-identified Taiwanese Americans, up from 2,734,841 Chinese Americans and 144,795 Taiwanese Americans in 2000.

Although the Chinese make up the largest segment of America's Asian and Pacific Islander population, the most common Chinese-derived surname during the 2000 census was not itself Chinese but the Vietnamese Nguyễn (Chinese: 阮, Ruǎn).

During the 2000 census, the 10 most common Chinese American names were:

Rank Name Ethnicity
 Total Number
 Character(s) Pinyin

API
All Names
2 24 Lee Chinese 229,200 李 Lǐ
Korean 黎 Lí
6 262 Chen Chinese 100,700 陳 陈 Chén
7 279 Wong Chinese
 88,000 王 Wáng
黃 黄 Huáng
汪 Wāng
9 399 Yang Chinese
 69,000 楊 杨 Yáng
10 440 Wang Chinese 63,800 王 Wáng
汪 Wāng
11 426 Chang Chinese 62,900 張 张 Zhāng
常 Cháng
12 461 Chan Chinese
 59,800 陳 陈 Chén
14 521 Li Chinese 55,700 李 Lǐ
黎 Lí
17 626 Lin Chinese 47,000 林 Lín
18 652 Liu Chinese 45,500 劉 刘 Liú
廖 Liào
Other surveys
  • 2002: study by Matthew Falkenstein, data-mining the 2000 US Census for a particularly Asian & Pacific Islander name list, omitting those like Lee that are common among other ethnicities
  • 2000: study by Diane Lauderdale & al, data-mining Social Security card applications by persons born abroad before 1941 for a particularly Chinese-American name list

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