How Many People Have the Last Name Nguyen?
people had the surname Nguyen in the 2010 US Census
About 1 in 674 people in the Census had this surname
Source: Census Bureau surname list
Surname Rank
Of 162,253 surnames
Per 100,000 People
In 2010
Largest Group
Asian and Pacific Islander
Change Since 2000
+127,520 people
👥 Race and Hispanic Origin
Most people with the surname Nguyen (96.5%) are non-Hispanic Asian or Pacific Islander. Of all the surnames where most people are non-Hispanic Asian or Pacific Islander, Nguyen has the most people. The mix barely changed from 2000: no group's share moved by 2 points or more.
See the most common Asian last names.
📈 Change Since 2000
Nguyen grew from 310,125 people in 2000 to 437,645 in 2010 (up 41.1%), and its rank rose from #57 to #38.
| 2000 | 2010 | |
|---|---|---|
| People | 310,125 | 437,645 |
| Rank | #57 | #38 |
| Per 100,000 people | 114.96 | 148.36 |
🏆 Surnames Ranked Near Nguyen
🔊 Surnames That Sound Alike
Same Soundex code as Nguyen: N250
👤 Nguyen as a First Name
Nguyen is a first name too: about 578 people alive in the US today have it as a first name, an estimate from Social Security birth records.
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