It is estimated that there are around one hundred family names in common use, although some are far more common than others. The name Nguyễn is estimated to be used by more than 40% of the Vietnamese population.

The most popular family names among the Vietnamese are (the Chinese characters following each name are their Chinese equivalents)[1]:

1. Nguyễn 阮 (38.4%)
2. Trần 陳 (11%)
3. Lê 黎 (9.5%)
4. Huỳnh/Hoàng 黃 (5.1%)
5. Phạm 范 (5%)
6. Phan 潘 (4.5%)
7. Vũ/Võ 武 (3.9%)
8. Đặng(2.1%)
9. Bùi 裴 (2%)
10. Đỗ 杜 (1.4%)
11. Hồ 胡 (1.3%)
12. Ngô 吳 (1.3%)
13. Dương 楊 (1%)
14. Lý 李 (0.5%)

The following include some other less common surnames, in no particular order:

* Lâm:(Note: Great emphasis on the accent of the letter "â" to determine whether the person is Vietnamese or chinese)
* Đinh: 丁
* Nghiêm: 嚴 (厳 in Japanese)
* Đào: 陶
* Vương: 王
* Trịnh: 鄭 (almost exclusively a northern surname, based around Thanh Hoa)
* Phùng: 馮
* Chu: 朱
* Triệu: 趙
* Đoàn: 段
* Trương: 張
* Tôn: 孫
* Liễu (in northern or central regions): 柳
* Lưu (in central or southern regions): 劉
* Mai: 梅

 

and there's mine

Lam-My

Muahahahahaha

 

the end

 

quan ping del toro:chuckles:

 

4. Huỳnh/Hoàng 黃=wong=me...

 

Found out the owners of "Lee's Sandwiches" added the extra "E" in their last name for marketing purposes. They were afraid that "Le" would be mispronouced. Their last name is "Le" which is Viet.

The more you know......

 

too bad their sandwiches are crap. h:

 

I went to prom with a viet girl with the last name luong.h:

Also I know a guy with the last name Tra. I asked him if it was some mistranslation with immigration but he said no. I guess he could be mixed

 

Can you tell me where you got those statistics at? Unless this was some kind of crazy school project, but I'd like some more info nonetheless

 

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vietnam...me#Family_name