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Frequency: (831)
(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: of uncertain origin; possibly from a reduced form of the personal name Dominick.
2. Chinese 眀: from the name of Meng Mingshi, a senior minister of the state of Qin in the Spring and Autumn period (722-481 BC). His descendants adopted the first character of his given name, which means ‘bright’, as their surname.
GIVEN NAMES: Chinese 16%. Chen (2), Fung (2), Hing (2), Ming (2), Tzu (2), Wing (2), Xing (2), Chi, Choo, Fan, Guang, Guo Wei.
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