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

  1. "អ្នកជាប់ត្រកូលអ៊ឹងមានភាពលេចធ្លោនិងជោគជ័យខ្ពស់". Post Khmer. 5 December 2012. Retrieved 1 January 2018.
  2. "អ្នកវិភាគ៖ កំណើនពលរដ្ឋចិននៅកម្ពុជាអាចប៉ះពាល់ដល់សង្គមខ្មែរ". Radio Free Asia. 13 February 2014. Retrieved 1 January 2018.
  3. "행정구역(구시군)/성씨·본관별 가구 및 인구" [Family names by administrative region (district, city, county): separated by bon-gwan, households and individuals]. Korean Statistical Information Service. Retrieved 23 October 2015.
  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.