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ming Name Meaning and History

  1. English: of uncertain origin; possibly from a reduced form of the personal name Dominick.
  2. Chinese : from the name of Meng Mingshi, a senior minister of the state of Qin in the Spring and Autumn period (722–481 bc). His descendants adopted the first character of his given name, which means ‘bright’, as their surname.

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Distribution of ming Families in the US in 1920
Number of ming families
 29-56
 10-28
 1-9
 0
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