Ung (surname)

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Ung is a surname.

Origin

Ung is a Latin-alphabet spelling of two Cambodian surnames, given below in Geographic Department romanization:

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It is the Sino-Korean reading of the Chinese surname Xióng, though that surname is not found modern South Korea. [3] It is also a Scandinavian surname literally meaning "young".

Statistics

According to the 2010 United States Census, roughly 4,519 people in the United States bore the surname Ung, with most (91.79%) being Asian Pacific Americans. [4] As of 2017, 16 people in Denmark and 26 people in Norway bore the surname Ung. [5] [6]

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References

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  4. "Frequently Occurring Surnames from the 2010 Census". United States Census. 27 December 2016. Archived from the original on 26 May 2017. Retrieved 1 January 2018.
  5. "Names". Statistics Norway. 24 January 2017. Retrieved 1 January 2018.
  6. "How many Danes have the name ..." Statistics Denmark. 2017. Retrieved 3 January 2018.