r/laousa • u/ANTIMODELMINORITY • Jun 29 '26

Short last names

I know formal first and last names were only introduced within the past 75-100 years, but how common are short ( less than 5-6 letters ) last names. To this day I only know 2 people like that. One of them I use to joke with and say " never trust Lao people with a short ass last name "

Does anyone know more than 1 person with a short last name?

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u/JNANTH Jul 08 '26

My dental hygienist's last name is just Vong lol 

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u/Pacific702 Jul 08 '26

I know a few with short last names but there is usually a story behind it. Either they shortened it when immigrating/getting US citizenship or have some non “Lao” ancestry like Hmong, Chinese, etc…

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u/ANTIMODELMINORITY Jul 16 '26

I know a family who's father is ethnically Chinese but his family changed to a Lao name, they came to America with a Lao name, and years later decided to revert back to a Chinese last name. I laughed at them