Yong (surname)

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	雍
Literal meaning	harmony[1]
Transcriptions Standard Mandarin Hanyu Pinyin Yōng Wade–Giles Yung1 IPA [jʊ́ŋ] Yue: Cantonese Jyutping Jung1 Southern Min Hokkien POJ Iong Middle Chinese Middle Chinese 'jowng Old Chinese Zhengzhang /*qoŋ/
Vietnamese name
Vietnamese	Ung

Origins

The surname Yong is claimed to derive from one of:

• from Yong (雍), the name of a Shang-era fief located in Fengxiang, Shaanxi
• from the placename Yong (雍), a state (located in modern Henan) granted to Yong Bo (雍伯), twelfth son of King Wen of Zhou (1152–1056 BC)
• from the personal name Yong (雍), a son of the Duke Huan of Qi (d. 643 BC)^[7]

Notable people

• Yong Ji (雍己), Shang king
• Yong Zhiwei (雍智伟), archer
• Yong Chi (雍齒, d. 192 BC), nobleman of the Qin/Han period