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The 2010 United States census found 10,862 people with the surname Eng, making it the 3,352nd-most-common name in the country. This represented an increase from 10,102 (3,246th-most-common) in the 2000 census. In both censuses, roughly three-quarters of the bearers of the surname identified as Asian and 14% as non-Hispanic white. [12]
Shaw is primarily a surname of English or Chinese origin, rarely used as a given name. In English, it derives from Old English roots meaning "woodland" or "thicket". In Chinese contexts, Shaw is a romanization of the surname 邵 (), or 萧 among overseas Chinese communities especially in the United States.
Famous people: A couple of surnames originate from famous people in Chinese history. For example, the surname 李 originates from Lao Tzu. This probably means that people today with the surname 李 are mostly descendants of Lao Tzu, including the Tang emperors. Many also changed their surnames throughout history for a number of reasons.
There is no modern Korean surname which Revised Romanization would spell as Chin (친). [9] [10] As an English surname, Chin is a variant spelling of Chinn (from Middle English chinne or chyn), which originated as a nickname for people with prominent or distinctive chins. [11]
The name is widely used in Hong Kong and some of the Commonwealth countries. Many migrants moved to parts of south-east Asia, Europe, Canada, Australia and the United States. Wong is also a rare English surname derived from Old English "Geong" meaning young. However, Young is the more common surname from this origin.
As a variant spelling of Tye, a locative surname from Middle English atte teye 'at the enclosure' Also as a locative surname, from an erroneous rebracketing of atte e 'at the stream' Tee may also be the spelling of multiple Chinese surnames , based on their pronunciation in different varieties of Chinese ; they are listed below by their ...
The English surname Hing is probably a variant of Ing, with a prothetic /h/ added at the beginning. Other similar variants include Hynge and Henge. According to the International Genealogical Index of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, the spelling Hynge is recorded as early as 1541 in Croydon, while there are various records of the spelling Hing throughout the 17th century in ...
The English surname Quek is an alternative spelling of Quick, which originated from Middle English quek and earlier Old English cwic, both meaning 'lively' or 'nimble'.Quex and Quekes, toponymic surnames referring to Quex in Kent, are derived from Quek plus the English possessive marker s.