Ung is a surname.
Origin
Ung is a Latin-alphabet spelling of two
Cambodian surnames, given below in
Geographic Department romanization:
*Oeng ( km, អ៊ឹង; ), which can be found among
Chinese Cambodians as a
Khmer-alphabet transcription of the
Amoy
Xiamen ( , ; ), also known as Amoy (, from Hokkien pronunciation ), is a sub-provincial city in southeastern Fujian, People's Republic of China, beside the Taiwan Strait. It is divided into six districts: Huli, Siming, Jimei, Tong'an, ...
Hokkien
The Hokkien () variety of Chinese is a Southern Min language native to and originating from the Minnan region, where it is widely spoken in the south-eastern part of Fujian in southeastern mainland China. It is one of the national languages ...
pronunciation of the
Chinese surname
Chinese surnames are used by Han Chinese and Sinicized ethnic groups in China, Taiwan, Korea, Vietnam, and among overseas Chinese communities around the world such as Singapore and Malaysia. Written Chinese names begin with surnames, unlike th ...
Huáng ( zh, 黃).
*Ung ( km, អ៊ុង; )
It is the
Sino-Korean reading of the Chinese surname
Xióng, though that surname is not found modern South Korea.
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 American
Asian/Pacific American (APA) or Asian/Pacific Islander (API) or Asian American and Pacific Islanders (AAPI) or Asian American and Native Hawaiians/ Pacific Islander (AANHPI) is a term sometimes used in the United States when including both Asian ...
s. As of 2017, 16 people in Denmark and 26 people in Norway bore the surname Ung.
People
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Per Ung (1933–2013), Norwegian sculptor
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Chinary Ung (; born 1942), Cambodian composer
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Ung Huot
Ung Huot ( km, អ៊ឹង ហួត; born 1 January 1945) is a Cambodian former politician who served from 1997 to 1998 as Prime Minister of Cambodia, alongside Hun Sen. A member of the FUNCINPEC Party, he first served as Minister of Educa ...
(; born 1947), Prime Minister of Cambodia (1997–1998)
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Ung Hong Sath (; ), Cambodian cabinet minister
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Loung Ung (; born 1970), Cambodian-born American human-rights activist and lecturer
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Sandra Ung (; born 1974), Cambodian-born American politician
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Daniel Ung (born 1975), Swedish football defender
References
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Khmer-language names
Surnames from nicknames