WHERE’S JONES? Orange County’s growing Vietnamese population...
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WHERE’S JONES? Orange County’s growing Vietnamese population is latching onto the American dream: owning your own home. A San Diego County database company checked names of 1991 house and condo buyers. Californians with surnames of Smith and Johnson bought more homes than anyone else--except here. Vietnamese named Nguyen bought 456 houses here, more than Smiths, Johnsons and Joneses combined. Vus, Phams, and Trans also made the top 13--all Vietnamese.
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The most common surnames among 1991 Orange County homebuyers: Nguyen: 456 Lee: 254 Smith: 218 Garcia: 165 Kim: 162 Brown: 161 Source: Dataquick Information Systems
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