Frequency: (275)
(number of times this surname appears in a sample database of 88.7 million names, representing one third of the 1997 US population)
1. Dutch, Frisian, and North German: distinguishing name, from Middle Dutch de jonc ‘the young’, for the younger of two bearers of the same name, usually a son who bore the same name as his father.
2. Korean: variant of Chong.
3. Chinese: see Zhong.
GIVEN NAMES: Chinese/Korean 16%. Gwo (2), Lei (2), Soo (2), Cheong, Chun Ming, Haewon, Huimin, In, Jung, Keun, Min Young, Myong Ja; Chang, Pak, Tuong.
See the Key to the Dictionary or consult the General Introduction for further explanation.
