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   Where does the name Hong come from?

   • The oldest Hong clan's founding ancestor, Hong Ch’ŏn-ha, migrated to Koguryŏ, Korea, sometime in the first half of the seventh century. The Hong surname is a fairly common one and is found throughout the Korean peninsula. Vietnamese (Hồng): of Chinese origin, meaning ‘vast’ (see 1 above).

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   What is the most common ancestry of a person with the name Hong?

   • People may have ancestry from just one population or they may have ancestry from several populations. The most commonly-observed ancestry found in people with the surname Hong is Korean, which comprises 41.9% of all ancestry found in people with the surname. The next two most common ancestries are Chinese (36.2%) and Vietnamese (6.8%).

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   What does the name Hong mean in Korea?

   • In Korea, the Hong surname is written with a different character (弘) and pronounced as “hong.” It has a similar meaning of “vast” or “broad” like its counterparts in China and Vietnam. Despite being less common, there have been notable individuals with the Hong surname in Korea, including politicians, athletes, and artists.

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   How common is the name Hong?

   • In 2000, Hong was ranked as the 1352nd most common surname, but by 2010 it had moved up to the 1106th spot — an improvement of 18.2%. Similarly, the number of people with this last name grew from 24,017 in 2000 to 31,670 in 2010, marking an increase of 31.86%.

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   Who is a famous person with the surname Hong?

   • Famous historical figures with the surname HONG include Hong Xiuquan, the leader of the Taiping Rebellion in the mid-19th century, which was one of the deadliest conflicts in world history. The surname HONG is not limited to China; it can also be found in other East Asian countries like Korea and Vietnam.

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   Is Hong a Hokkien or Teochew name?

   • The Hokkien and Teochew romanization of Hong (that uses the character 洪) is Ang, which is also used for Wang (汪, Wāng). It is also the romanization used for the Korean surname Hong, which uses the character 洪 in hanja, the Khmer surname ហុង (Hong), as well as the surname Hồng in Vietnam, from the Sino-Vietnamese reading of Chinese character 洪.

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   Explore the Family Name Hong. The meaning of Hong. 1. Chinese: Mandarin and Cantonese form of the surname 洪, meaning ‘vast’ in Chinese: (i) adopted in place of another Chinese surname, 共 (Gong in Mandarin pinyin).

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   Hong is the pinyin romanization of the Chinese surname 洪 (Hóng). It was listed 184th among the Song -era Hundred Family Surnames. Today it is not among the 100 most common surnames in mainland China but it was the 15th-most-common surname in Taiwan in 2005.

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   All ancestry of Andong's Pungsan Hong (Korean: 풍산 홍씨; Hanja: 豊山 洪氏; RR: Pungsan Hongssi) may be traced to the Goryeo dynasty's Hong Ji-gyeong, later known as a great master of Korean classical verse in the Joseon Dynasty. The Pungsan Hong were known as yangban among yangbans.

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   Hong is a last name with origins in China, Vietnam, and Korea. The most common origin is from China, where it is the 17th most common surname. In Vietnam, it is the 8th most common surname. In Korea, it is less common, ranking outside the top 100 surnames.

6. www.ancestry.co.uk › name-originHong Surname Meaning & Hong Family History at Ancestry.co.uk®

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   There are 17,000 census records available for the last name Hong. Like a window into their day-to-day life, Hong census records can tell you where and how your ancestors worked, their level of education, veteran status, and more.

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   The surname is the 127 th most frequently used family name at a global level. It is borne by around 1 in 1,604 people. The last name Hong is mostly found in Asia, where 99 percent of Hong live; 90 percent live in East Asia and 64 percent live in Sino-East Asia.

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   Hong Name Meaning. Chinese: Mandarin and Cantonese form of the surname 洪, meaning ‘vast’ in Chinese: (i) adopted in place of another Chinese surname, 共 (Gong in Mandarin pinyin). In some families, this surname is traced back to Gong Gong (共工), an official during the reign of the legendary Huang Di, the ‘Yellow Emperor’ (c. 27th ...