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Origin and popularity of the name UN

Origin

Un : 1: Chinese: variant Romanization of the surname 阮 see Ruan 3.2: Chinese: variant Romanization of the surnames 殷 and 尹 see Yin 1 and 2.3: Chinese: variant Romanization of the surnames 袁 and 元 see Yuan 1 and 2.4: Cambodian: written អ៊ុន probably of Chinese origin (compare above). Compare Oun 1.

Pang : 1: Chinese: Mandarin form of the surname 龐 meaning ‘mammoth massive’ or ‘face’ in Chinese: (i) from the placename Pang (龐) the name of a fief (located in southeastern Hancheng in Shaanxi province) granted to descendants of Bi Gong Gao (Duke of Bi) the 15th son of the virtuous King Wen of Zhou (1152–1056 BC). (ii) in some families this surname goes back to various minority ethnic groups in ancient western China.2: Chinese: Mandarin form of the surname 逄 (meaning ‘stop' in ancient Chinese) (also written as 逢 in ancient Chinese): (i) from Pang (逄) the name of a fief granted to Pang Boling (逄伯陵) an official who lived during the Shang dynasty (1600–1046 BC). (ii) said to be borne by descendants of Pang Meng (逄孟) a legendary figure who was versed in archery during the early Xia dynasty (2070–1600 BC).3: Chinese: Cantonese and Hakka form of the surname 彭. Also Cantonese form of the surname 蓬. See Peng 1 and 2.4: Chinese: Teochew Hokkien and Taiwanese form of the surname 馮 see Feng 1. The dialects in which this form is used can be found in eastern Guangdong Fujian and Taiwan from where many people migrated to Singapore Malaysia and other parts of Southeast Asia.5: Chinese: variant Romanization of the surname 潘 see Pan 1.6: Chinese: variant Romanization of the surname 范 see Fan 1.7: Chinese: variant Romanization of the surname 方 see Fang 1.8: Korean: written 방 in Chinese characters 方 meaning ‘direction’. There are actually five Chinese characters for this surname; however only 方 is common enough to warrant treatment here. The clan associated with this character is the Onyang Pang which was founded by a scholar of the Tang Chinese Royal Academy called Pang Chi (方智) who lived in Hunan province China until his migration to Shilla in AD 669. There is a gap in the records after Pang Chi; the ancestor who settled in the Onyang area of Ch’ungch’ŏng South Province at the beginning of the Koryŏ kingdom was named Pang Un (方雲). Three other Pang clans are descended from the Onyang Pang clan. Compare Bang 1.