Frequency: (149)
(number of times this surname appears in a sample database of 88.7 million names, representing one third of the 1997 US population)
1. English: perhaps an occupational name for a baker of buns or a nickname for a short, round individual.
2. Cambodian: unexplained.
GIVEN NAMES: Cambodian 58%. Leng (3), Sun (3), Chhay, Chheng, Han, Heng, In, Khin, Khun, Pin, Seng, Yeng (2), Phon (2), Thy (2), Loeung (2), Pheng (2), Savuth (2), Thoeun (2), Boeun, Bopha, Chhorn, Hak, Ly, Minh, Saroeun, Than, Thong, Thoung, Phorn, Samoeun, Savoeun, Soeun, Soeung, Sokheng, Yoeum.
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