Yong (雍) is a Chinese surname.[2] It is Romanized as Yung in Wade-Giles, Iong in Min Nan and Yung in Cantonese.[3] According to a 2013 study, it was the 339th most common name in China; it was shared by 139,000 people, or 0.01% of the population, being most popular in Sichuan.[4] It is the 304th name in the Hundred Family Surnames poem.[5][6]

Yong
Chinese name
Chinese
Literal meaningharmony[1]
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu PinyinYōng
Wade–GilesYung1
IPA[jʊ́ŋ]
Yue: Cantonese
JyutpingJung1
Southern Min
Hokkien POJIong
Middle Chinese
Middle Chinese'jowng
Old Chinese
Zhengzhang/*qoŋ/
Vietnamese name
VietnameseUng

Origins

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The surname Yong is claimed to derive from one of:

Notable people

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References

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  1. ^ "My China Roots". www.mychinaroots.com.
  2. ^ "Yong Surname Meaning & Yong Family History at Ancestry.com®". www.ancestry.com.
  3. ^ "My China Roots". www.mychinaroots.com.
  4. ^ Yuan Yida (袁义达), Qiu Jiaru, 邱家儒. 中国四百大姓. Beijing Book Co. Inc., 1 January 2013
  5. ^ K. S. Tom. [1989] (1989). Echoes from Old China: Life, Legends and Lore of the Middle Kingdom. University of Hawaii Press. ISBN 0-8248-1285-9.
  6. ^ "Yin Surname Meaning & Yin Family History at Ancestry.com®". www.ancestry.com.
  7. ^ "Last name YONG: origin and meaning". Geneanet.