Dúng
given name · Latin script
Recorded for both men and women· direction only, no split published
Dúng is a given name written in the Latin script, with more bearers in Vietnam than in any other country, where it is the 12th most common given name. Recorded meaning: Sino-Vietnamese word from 容 (“to tolerate; facial traits”). Also from Chinese 婦容／妇容 (phụ dung, “wifely look”).
- VNVietnam≈1 in 107(inferred from the name graph)
- NGNigeria≈1 in 23K
- USUnited States1 in 23K
carrying the name, as counted by its national register where one exists and as Mondonomo estimates it elsewhere (marked ≈ and "est." on hover). One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.
- Vietnam (inferred from the name graph)
- Sources
- 235 (measured from records)
- ≈1 in 107 (inferred from the name graph)
≈920,000 people, est.
Highest-authority source
Vietnam, est.
measured from records inferred from the name graph
Spellings & scripts(measured from records)
Locally spelled Dung in VN Vietnam, US United States, NG Nigeria and 2 more.
Spellings marked ● are how people bearing the name write it in our records, and ○ marks a model's transliteration; click a spelling to open its page.
Meaning & origin(measured from records)
Sino-Vietnamese word from 容 (“to tolerate; facial traits”). Also from Chinese 婦容／妇容 (phụ dung, “wifely look”).
Sources 4
- A dictionary of surnames
- The Oxford Dictionary of Family Names in Britain and Ireland
- The Oxford Names Companion - The definitive guide to Surnames, First Names, and Place Names of the British Isles
- Wiktionary
Attested across 23 languages in the etymology graph.
Where in the world(measured from records)
Dúng counted together with the spellings and other-language forms grouped with it. Where a register counted another spelling, the row names it.
Sorted by bearers: national registers' counts, and Mondonomo's estimates (≈, est.) where no register counts.
| Country | Most common spelling | Sources | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| VN Vietnam | #12 | ≈920,000 est. | ≈1 in 107 | listed | Dung | 235 |
| CN China | — | ≈72,000 est. | ≈1 in 19K | — | Dung | 11 |
| US United States | — | 14,292 | 1 in 23K | 7.9K | Dung | 232 |
| AO Angola | #298 | ≈11,000 est. | ≈1 in 3K | — | Dung | 2 |
| NG Nigeria | — | ≈9,500 est. | ≈1 in 23K | — | Dung | 39 |
Exact figures are national registers' own counts, while figures marked ≈ and est. are Mondonomo’s estimates, counted from our sources and calibrated against those registers; hover one for how far to trust it in that country. A dash means neither exists.
Registers cited: Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex. Figures without a register are Mondonomo estimates; see Methodology.
Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table (how that works).
Other recorded senses(measured from records)
Dúng is also recorded in one other lexicon, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.
In pac, house
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
Ordered by how much of this spelling's record each language holds, so a sense from a language the name is barely used in sits last rather than first.
Evidence(measured from records)
No register attests this spelling yet
Frequently asked questions
- What does the name Dúng mean, and where does it come from?
- Sino-Vietnamese word from 容 (“to tolerate; facial traits”). Also from Chinese 婦容／妇容 (phụ dung, “wifely look”). Recorded by A dictionary of surnames and The Oxford Dictionary of Family Names in Britain and Ireland and 2 other sources.
- Is Dúng a male or female name?
- Dúng is recorded for both men and women. We don't publish a percentage split: a record's gender belongs to the person and is attached to every given name on that record, so names in cultures where a name string also carries a parent's or spouse's given name pick up large cross-gender counts.
- In which country does Dúng have the most bearers?
- Mondonomo estimates about 919 thousand people named Dúng in Vietnam, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled dung.
- How common is the name Dúng?
- In the United States, the national register counted 14,292 people named Dúng in 2020, about 1 in 23 thousand residents.
- How common is Dúng compared with other names?
- In Vietnam, Dúng is the 12th most common given name of 73,918 given names recorded there.
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About this data
measured from records inferred from the name graph machine-generated
These figures come from the data snapshot of and will change as it is rebuilt.
Statistics are aggregated from the Mondonomo name corpus; related names and etymology are inferred from the name graph; pronunciation and any machine-marked transliterations are model-generated. Read how the numbers are made, including their known failure modes, and where the data comes from.
Reference works we consult — surname dictionaries, official name registers, Wikidata and Wiktionary — are named directly, beside the claims they support. The per-country source counts also include datasets of person records: we publish how many there are and their authority tier, but not their names.
Cite this page Mondonomo, “Dúng” — the 12th most common given name in Vietnam. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.