Frequency: (255)
(number of times this surname appears in a sample database of 88.7 million names, representing one third of the 1997 US population)
1. Swiss German: perhaps an altered form of Riem, a topographic name for someone who lived on a long narrow strip of land.
2. Korean: unexplained.
GIVEN NAMES: Korean 54%. Jong (4), Chang Kyu (2), Hwa Young (2), Jeung (2), Jung (2), Young (2), Chan, Chang Ki, Chang Soo, Chin, Choy, Chu; Chong (4), Choon (3), Min (2), Byung, Chang, Chong Ho, Chung, Eun Hee, Hae, Insoo, Jaesik, Jeong.
See the Key to the Dictionary or consult the General Introduction for further explanation.
