# Surnames

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/surnames/551238>\
**Category:** Cecil's Columns/Staff Reports\
**Created:** [August 24, 2010, 2:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/surnames/551238 "2010-08-24T02:35:45Z")\
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**Author:** ![qazwart](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/5fc32e/32.png) [@qazwart](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/qazwart)\
**Post date:** [August 24, 2010, 2:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/surnames/551238/1 "2010-08-24T02:35:45Z")

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In the article about [Spanish Surnames](http://www.straightdope.com/columns/read/360/in-spanish-surnames-why-is-the-2nd-to-last-surname-the-real-name), Cecil briefly mentions the Vietnamese who seem to suffer from a dearth of surnames with many people called Nguyen.

I always thought the country with the Dearthest (Dearthiest?) surname situation was Korea where over 1/2 of the surnames consist of Kim, Lee, Park, Choi, and Jung. If I remember correctly, they actually had three people with the surname of Park all running for election at the same time.

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**Author:** ![Claverhouse](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/13edae/32.png) [@Claverhouse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Claverhouse)\
**Post date:** [August 25, 2010, 8:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/surnames/551238/2 "2010-08-25T20:12:20Z")

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Imagine three Bushes running for election simultaneously and not sequentially !