Ung (surname)
Ung is a surname. Origin
Ung is a Latin-alphabet spelling of two Cambodian surnames, given below in Geographic Department romanization:
Oeng (; ), which can be found among Chinese Cambodians as a Khmer-alphabet transcription of the Amoy Hokkien pronunciation of the Chinese surname Huáng (). Ung (; )

It is the Sino-Korean reading of the Chinese surname Xióng, though that surname is not found modern South Korea. It is also a Scandinavian surname literally meaning "young". Statistics
According to the 2010 United States Census, roughly 4,519 people in the United States bore the surname Ung, with most (91.79%) being Asian Pacific Americans. As of 2017, 16 people in Denmark and 26 people in Norway bore the surname Ung. People
 Per Ung (1933–2013), Norwegian sculptor
 Chinary Ung (; born 1942), Cambodian composer
 Ung Huot (; born 1947), Prime Minister of Cambodia (1997–1998)
 Ung Hong Sath (; ), Cambodian cabinet minister
 Loung Ung (; born 1970), Cambodian-born American human-rights activist and lecturer
 Sandra Ung (; born 1974), Cambodian-born American politician
 Daniel Ung (born 1975), Swedish football defender

References

Khmer-language names
Surnames from nicknames