Ung Family History
Ung Name Meaning
Chinese: variant Romanization of the surnames 吳 and 伍 see Wu 1 and 2 possibly based on their Cantonese pronunciations. Chinese: variant Romanization of the surname 黃 see Huang 1 possibly based on its Teochew pronunciation. Chinese: variant Romanization of the surname 洪 see Hong 1 possibly based on its Teochew pronunciation. Chinese: variant Romanization of the surname 鄧 possibly based on its pronunciation of the Siyi Cantonese subdialect (also known as Sze Yup or Four Districts dialect) spoken in southern Guangdong see Deng . Chinese: variant Romanization of the surname 翁 see Weng Vietnamese: from the Chinese surname 汪 see Wang 7: Vietnamese (Ứng): from the Chinese surname 應 see Ying 8: Cambodian: written អ៊ឹង of Chinese origin but unexplained etymology (probably corresponding to one of the surnames above). Compare 9 below and Ing 7.9: Cambodian: written អ៊ុង of Chinese origin from 翁 see Weng 1 and compare 5 above.
Source: Dictionary of American Family Names 2nd edition, 2022