Mong

See also: Appendix:Variations of "mong"

Translingual

Etymology

Clipping of English Mongolian, French mongol, or Mongolian монгол (mongol).

Symbol

Mong

1. (international standards) ISO 15924 script code for Mongolian.

English

English Wikipedia has an article on:

Mong

Wikipedia

Etymology

Various origins:

• Borrowed from Norwegian Mong, a habitational surname from a place in Rogaland.
• Borrowed from Korean 몽 (mong), a surname of unclear origin.
• Borrowed from Khmer ម៉ុង (mong).

Proper noun

Mong (plural Mongs)

1. A surname from Norwegian, Korean, or Khmer.

Statistics

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Mong is the 13236^th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 2307 individuals. Mong is most common among White (59.51%) and Asian/Pacific Islander (33.46%) individuals.

Further reading

• Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Mong”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 2, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 610.