Last Name VU

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Meaning	Martial art, fight. Five, team member, associates.

Origin	Chinese, Vietnamese, Norwegian

Rank	1,247 (2000 US census)	2,686 (1990 US census)

Count	25,828 (2000 US census)

Race / ethnic distribution

The 2000 US Census claims that

1.47%, or 380 total occurrences, of those with this family name identified themselves as being white,
0.12%, or 31 total occurrences, as black,
96.23%, or 24854 total occurrences, as Asian and Pacific Islander,
0.05%, or 13 total occurrences, as American Indian and Native Alaskan,
1.67%, or 431 total occurrences, as two or more races, and
0.46%, or 119 total occurrences, as Hispanic ethnic origin.

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Shortest last names

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Belarus middle names

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