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ACCESSION NUMBER:		0001209191-13-024023
CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE:	3
PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT:		2
CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT:	20130501
FILED AS OF DATE:		20130503
DATE AS OF CHANGE:		20130503

REPORTING-OWNER:	

	OWNER DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			Min Soo Bong
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0001301727

	FILING VALUES:
		FORM TYPE:		3
		SEC ACT:		1934 Act
		SEC FILE NUMBER:	000-50245
		FILM NUMBER:		13814160

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		3200 WILSHIRE BLVD
		CITY:			LOS ANGELES
		STATE:			CA
		ZIP:			90010

ISSUER:		

	COMPANY DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			BBCN BANCORP INC
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0001128361
		STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION:	NATIONAL COMMERCIAL BANKS [6021]
		IRS NUMBER:				954170121
		STATE OF INCORPORATION:			DE
		FISCAL YEAR END:			1231

	BUSINESS ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		3731 WILSHIRE BLVD
		STREET 2:		SUITE 1000
		CITY:			LOS ANGELES
		STATE:			CA
		ZIP:			90010
		BUSINESS PHONE:		2136391700

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		3731 WILSHIRE BLVD
		STREET 2:		SUITE 1000
		CITY:			LOS ANGELES
		STATE:			CA
		ZIP:			90010

	FORMER COMPANY:	
		FORMER CONFORMED NAME:	NARA BANCORP INC
		DATE OF NAME CHANGE:	20001115
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        <issuerCik>0001128361</issuerCik>
        <issuerName>BBCN BANCORP INC</issuerName>
        <issuerTradingSymbol>BBCN</issuerTradingSymbol>
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            <rptOwnerCik>0001301727</rptOwnerCik>
            <rptOwnerName>Min Soo Bong</rptOwnerName>
        </reportingOwnerId>
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            <rptOwnerStreet1>3731 WILSHIRE BOULEVARD</rptOwnerStreet1>
            <rptOwnerStreet2>SUITE 1000</rptOwnerStreet2>
            <rptOwnerCity>LOS ANGELES</rptOwnerCity>
            <rptOwnerState>CA</rptOwnerState>
            <rptOwnerZipCode>90010</rptOwnerZipCode>
            <rptOwnerStateDescription></rptOwnerStateDescription>
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            <isDirector>0</isDirector>
            <isOfficer>1</isOfficer>
            <isTenPercentOwner>0</isTenPercentOwner>
            <isOther>0</isOther>
            <officerTitle>Bank President &amp; CEO</officerTitle>
        </reportingOwnerRelationship>
    </reportingOwner>

    <nonDerivativeTable>
        <nonDerivativeHolding>
            <securityTitle>
                <value>Common Stock</value>
            </securityTitle>
            <postTransactionAmounts>
                <sharesOwnedFollowingTransaction>
                    <value>10000</value>
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                    <value>D</value>
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    <footnotes></footnotes>

    <remarks></remarks>

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        <signatureName>/s/ Juliet Stone as attorney-in-fact</signatureName>
        <signatureDate>2013-05-03</signatureDate>
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<PRE>
POWER OF ATTORNEYPOWER OF ATTORNEY

The undersigned hereby constitutes and appoints each of Juliet Stone and Krystal

Kim, signing singly, the undersigned's true and lawful attorney-in-fact to:
1.         Execute for and on behalf of the undersigned, in the undersigned's
capacity as an officer and/or director of BBCN Bancorp or BBCN Bank (the
"Company"), SEC Form 3, 4 or 5 (the "Forms") in accordance with Section 16 of
the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and the rules thereunder;
2.         Do and perform any and all acts for and on behalf of the undersigned
which may be necessary or desirable to complete and execute the Forms, complete
and execute any amendment or amendments thereto, and timely file the Forms with
the SEC and any stock exchange or similar authority; and
3.         Take any other action of any type whatsoever in connection with the
foregoing which, in the opinion of such attorney-in-fact, may be of benefit to,
in the best interest of, or legally required by, the undersigned, it being
understood that the documents executed by such attorney-in-fact on behalf of the

undersigned pursuant to this Power of Attorney shall be in such form and shall
contain such terms and conditions as such attorney-in-fact may approve in such
attorney-in-fact's discretion.
The undersigned hereby grants to each such attorney-in-fact full power and
authority to do and perform any and every act and thing whatsoever requisite,
necessary, or proper to be done in the exercise of any of the rights and powers
herein granted, as fully to all intents and purposes as the undersigned might or

could do if personally present, with full power of substitution or revocation,
hereby ratifying and confirming all that such attorney-in-fact, or such
attorney-in-fact's substitute or substitutes, shall lawfully do or cause to be
done by virtue of this power of attorney and the rights and powers herein
granted.  The undersigned acknowledges that the foregoing attorneys-in-fact, in
serving in such capacity at the request of the undersigned, are not assuming,
nor is the Company assuming, any of the undersigned's responsibilities to comply

with Section 16 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934.
This Power of Attorney shall remain in full force and effect until the
undersigned is no longer required to file the Forms with respect to the
undersigned's holdings of and transactions in securities issued by the Company,
unless earlier revoked by the undersigned in a signed writing delivered to the
foregoing attorneys-in-fact.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has caused this Power of Attorney to be
executed as of this 1st day of May, 2013.
       /s/ Soo Bong Min
       Signature
       Print Name


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