Frequency: (1239)
(number of times this surname appears in a sample database of 88.7 million names, representing one third of the 1997 US population)
1. Chinese 蔡: variant of Cai 1.
2. Possibly an Americanized form of German Scheu.
GIVEN NAMES: Chinese 12%. Kam (5), Young (5), Chan (4), Wai (4), Ming (3), Wing (3), Chee (2), Hon (2), Kwan (2), Kwok (2), Man (2), Sun (2).
See the Key to the Dictionary or consult the General Introduction for further explanation.
